ICD-10-CM Codes
S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
S80-S89 Injuries to the knee and lower leg
S81- Open wound of knee and lower leg
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S81.049A

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S81.049A

Puncture wound with foreign body, unspecified knee, initial encounter

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Billable/Specific Code

S81.049A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Short description: Puncture wound with foreign body, unsp knee, init encntr
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S81.049A became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S81.049A - other international versions of ICD-10 S81.049A may differ.

The following code(s) above S81.049A contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to S81.049A:

S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Note
- 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
Type 1 Excludes
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Use Additional
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
S80-S89
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S80-S89
Injuries to the knee and lower leg
Type 2 Excludes
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- injuries of ankle and foot, except fracture of ankle and malleolus (S90-S99)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Injuries to the knee and lower leg
S81
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S81
Open wound of knee and lower leg
Code Also
- any associated wound infection
Type 1 Excludes
- open fracture of knee and lower leg (S82.-)
- traumatic amputation of lower leg (S88.-)
Type 2 Excludes
- open wound of ankle and foot (S91.-)
Open wound of knee and lower leg

ICD-10-CM S81.049A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

913 Traumatic injury with mcc
914 Traumatic injury without mcc
963 Other multiple significant trauma with mcc
964 Other multiple significant trauma with cc
965 Other multiple significant trauma without cc/mcc

Convert S81.049A to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S81.049A

S81.04 Puncture wound with foreign body of knee

S81.041 Puncture wound with foreign body, right knee

S81.041A …… initial encounter

S81.041D …… subsequent encounter

S81.041S …… sequela

S81.042 Puncture wound with foreign body, left knee

S81.042A …… initial encounter

S81.042D …… subsequent encounter

S81.042S …… sequela

S81.049 Puncture wound with foreign body, unspecified knee

S81.049A …… initial encounter

S81.049D …… subsequent encounter

S81.049S …… sequela

S81.05 Open bite of knee

S81.051 Open bite, right knee

S81.051A …… initial encounter

S81.051D …… subsequent encounter

S81.051S …… sequela

S81.052 Open bite, left knee

S81.052A …… initial encounter

S81.052D …… subsequent encounter

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S81.049A

Puncture wound with foreign body, unspecified knee, initial encounter

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Injuries to the knee and lower leg

Open wound of knee and lower leg