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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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S90-S99
Injuries to the ankle and foot
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S96-
Injury of muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S96.999
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S96.999
Other specified injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level, unspecified foot
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S96.999 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- Short description: Inj unsp msl/tnd at ankle and foot level, unsp foot
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S96.999 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S96.999 - other international versions of ICD-10 S96.999 may differ.
The following code(s) above
S96.999 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
S96.999:
- 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 - S90-S99
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S90-S99
Injuries to the ankle and footType 2 Excludes- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- fracture of ankle and malleolus (S82.-)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Injuries to the ankle and foot - S96
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S96
Injury of muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code Also- any associated open wound (S91.-)
Type 2 Excludes- injury of Achilles tendon (S86.0-)
- sprain of joints and ligaments of ankle and foot (S93.-)
Injury of muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level
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 S96.999
S96.99 Other specified injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level
S96.991 Other specified injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level, right foot
S96.992 Other specified injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level, left foot
S96.999
Other specified injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level, unspecified foot
S97 Crushing injury of ankle and foot
S97.0 Crushing injury of ankle
S97.00 Crushing injury of unspecified ankle
S97.01 Crushing injury of right ankle
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.