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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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S80-S89
Injuries to the knee and lower leg
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Open wound of knee and lower leg S81
Open wound of knee and lower leg S81-
Code AlsoCode Also Help
A code also note instructs that 2 codes may be required to fully describe a condition but the sequencing of the two codes is discretionary, depending on the severity of the conditions and the reason for the encounter.
- any associated wound infection
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as S81. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
Type 2 ExcludesType 2 Excludes Help
A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (S81) and the excluded code together.
Codes
- S81 Open wound of knee and lower leg
- S81.0 Open wound of knee
- S81.00 Unspecified open wound of knee
- S81.001 Unspecified open wound, right knee
- S81.002 Unspecified open wound, left knee
- S81.009 Unspecified open wound, unspecified knee
- S81.01 Laceration without foreign body of knee
- S81.011 Laceration without foreign body, right knee
- S81.012 Laceration without foreign body, left knee
- S81.019 Laceration without foreign body, unspecified knee
- S81.02 Laceration with foreign body of knee
- S81.021 Laceration with foreign body, right knee
- S81.022 Laceration with foreign body, left knee
- S81.029 Laceration with foreign body, unspecified knee
- S81.03 Puncture wound without foreign body of knee
- S81.031 Puncture wound without foreign body, right knee
- S81.032 Puncture wound without foreign body, left knee
- S81.039 Puncture wound without foreign body, unspecified knee
- S81.04 Puncture wound with foreign body of knee
- S81.041 Puncture wound with foreign body, right knee
- S81.042 Puncture wound with foreign body, left knee
- S81.049 Puncture wound with foreign body, unspecified knee
- S81.05 Open bite of knee
- S81.8 Open wound of lower leg
- S81.80 Unspecified open wound of lower leg
- S81.801 Unspecified open wound, right lower leg
- S81.802 Unspecified open wound, left lower leg
- S81.809 Unspecified open wound, unspecified lower leg
- S81.81 Laceration without foreign body of lower leg
- S81.811 Laceration without foreign body, right lower leg
- S81.812 Laceration without foreign body, left lower leg
- S81.819 Laceration without foreign body, unspecified lower leg
- S81.82 Laceration with foreign body of lower leg
- S81.821 Laceration with foreign body, right lower leg
- S81.822 Laceration with foreign body, left lower leg
- S81.829 Laceration with foreign body, unspecified lower leg
- S81.83 Puncture wound without foreign body of lower leg
- S81.831 Puncture wound without foreign body, right lower leg
- S81.832 Puncture wound without foreign body, left lower leg
- S81.839 Puncture wound without foreign body, unspecified lower leg
- S81.84 Puncture wound with foreign body of lower leg
- S81.841 Puncture wound with foreign body, right lower leg
- S81.842 Puncture wound with foreign body, left lower leg
- S81.849 Puncture wound with foreign body, unspecified lower leg
- S81.85 Open bite of lower leg
- S81.851 Open bite, right lower leg
- S81.852 Open bite, left lower leg
- S81.859 Open bite, unspecified lower leg
