kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

S83.242

Other tear of medial meniscus, current injury, left knee

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • S80-S89 Injuries to the knee and lower leg (S80-S89)
      • S83 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of knee
        • S83.2 Tear of meniscus, current injury
          • S83.24 Other tear of medial meniscus, current injury
            • S83.242 Other tear of medial meniscus, current injury, left knee

Notes

S00-T88

  • Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Code Also

S83

  • any associated open wound

Use Additional

S00-T88

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    • Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Includes

S83

  • avulsion of joint or ligament of knee
  • laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament of knee
  • sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament of knee
  • traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament of knee
  • traumatic rupture of joint or ligament of knee
  • traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament of knee
  • traumatic tear of joint or ligament of knee

Excludes 1

S83.2

  • old bucket-handle tear (M23.2)
    • M23.2 Derangement of meniscus due to old tear or injury

S00-T88

  • P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

S83

  • derangement of patella (M22.0-M22.3)
  • injury of patellar ligament (tendon) (S76.1-)
    • S76.1 Injury of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon
  • M23 Internal derangement of knee
  • old dislocation of knee (M24.36)
    • M24.36 Pathological dislocation of knee, not elsewhere classified
  • pathological dislocation of knee (M24.36)
    • M24.36 Pathological dislocation of knee, not elsewhere classified
  • recurrent dislocation of knee (M22.0)
    • M22.0 Recurrent dislocation of patella
  • strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of lower leg (S86.-)
    • S86 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level

S80-S89

  • T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
  • injuries of ankle and foot, except fracture of ankle and malleolus (S90-S99)
    • S90-S99 Injuries to the ankle and foot (S90-S99)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
    • T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods