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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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S86-
Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S86.021A
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S86.021A
Laceration of right Achilles tendon, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- S86.021A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S86.021A became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S86.021A - other international versions of ICD-10 S86.021A may differ.
The following code(s) above
S86.021A 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
S86.021A:
- 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.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - 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)
Injuries to the knee and lower leg - S86
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S86
Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code Also- any associated open wound (S81.-)
Type 2 Excludes- injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at ankle (S96.-)
- injury of patellar ligament (tendon) (S76.1-)
- sprain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.-)
Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level
Approximate Synonyms
- Laceration of achilles tendon of right foot
- Right achilles tendon laceration
ICD-10-CM S86.021A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 564 Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diagnoses with mcc
- 565 Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diagnoses with cc
- 566 Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diagnoses without cc/mcc
- 963 Other multiple significant trauma with mcc
- 964 Other multiple significant trauma with cc
- 965 Other multiple significant trauma without cc/mcc
Convert S86.021A 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 S86.021A
S86.012 Strain of left Achilles tendon
S86.019 Strain of unspecified Achilles tendon
S86.02 Laceration of Achilles tendon
S86.021 Laceration of right Achilles tendon
S86.021A
…… initial encounter
S86.022 Laceration of left Achilles tendon
S86.029 Laceration of unspecified Achilles tendon
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.