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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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S89-
Other and unspecified injuries of lower leg
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S89.9
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S89.9
Unspecified injury of lower leg
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S89.9 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 S89.9 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S89.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 S89.9 may differ.
The following code(s) above
S89.9 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
S89.9:
- 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 - S89
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S89
Other and unspecified injuries of lower leg
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Note- A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
Type 2 Excludes- other and unspecified injuries of ankle and foot (S99.-)
Other and unspecified injuries of lower leg
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
- Injury T14.90 - see also specified injury type
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T14.90
Injury, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 - Converted to Parent Code 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S89.9
S89.81 Other specified injuries of right lower leg
S89.82 Other specified injuries of left lower leg
S89.9
Unspecified injury of lower leg
S89.90 Unspecified injury of unspecified lower leg
S89.91 Unspecified injury of right lower leg
S89.92 Unspecified injury of left lower leg
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.