kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

S86

Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level

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)
      • S86 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level
        • S86.0 Injury of Achilles tendon
        • S86.1 Injury of other muscle(s) and tendon(s) of posterior muscle group at lower leg level
        • S86.2 Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of anterior muscle group at lower leg level
        • S86.3 Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group at lower leg level
        • S86.8 Injury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level
        • S86.9 Injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at lower leg level

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

S86

  • any associated open wound (S81.-)
    • S81 Open wound of knee and lower leg

Use Additional

S00-T88

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

Excludes 1

S00-T88

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

Excludes 2

S86

  • injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at ankle (S96.-)
    • S96 Injury of muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level
  • injury of patellar ligament (tendon) (S76.1-)
    • S76.1 Injury of quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon
  • sprain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.-)
    • S83 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of knee

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