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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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S88-
Traumatic amputation of lower leg
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S88
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S88
Traumatic amputation of lower leg
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S88 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S88 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S88 - other international versions of ICD-10 S88 may differ.
Applicable To- An amputation not identified as partial or complete should be coded to complete
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 S88. 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.
The following code(s) above
S88 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
S88:
- 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
Code annotations containing back-references to S88:
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S88
S87.81 Crushing injury of right lower leg
S87.82 Crushing injury of left lower leg
S88
Traumatic amputation of lower leg
S88.0 Traumatic amputation at knee level
S88.01 Complete traumatic amputation at knee level
S88.011 Complete traumatic amputation at knee level, right lower leg
S88.012 Complete traumatic amputation at knee level, left lower leg
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
