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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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S81-
Open wound of knee and lower leg
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S81.819A
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S81.819A
Laceration without foreign body, unspecified lower leg, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- S81.819A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Laceration without foreign body, unsp lower leg, init encntr
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S81.819A became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S81.819A - other international versions of ICD-10 S81.819A may differ.
The following code(s) above
S81.819A 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
S81.819A:
- S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- 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
Use Additional- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- S80-S89
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S80-S89
Injuries to the knee and lower legType 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)
- S81
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S81
Open wound of knee and lower leg
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
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.-)
- Laceration of lower leg
- Lower leg laceration
- Stab wound of lower leg
ICD-10-CM S81.819A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 604 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast with mcc
- 605 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast 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 S81.819A 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 S81.819A
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
S81.819A
…… initial encounter
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
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
