S80 Non-Billable Code

Superficial injury of knee and lower leg

Chapter Classification

Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Section Detail

S80-S89 Injuries to the knee and lower leg (S80-S89)

Coding Guidelines & Notes

excludes2

superficial injury of ankle and foot (S90.-)

sevenChrDef

{'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter'}
{'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter'}
{'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}

sevenChrNote

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S80

More Specific Diagnosis Codes

This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.

S80.0 - Contusion of knee
S80.1 - Contusion of lower leg
S80.2 - Other superficial injuries of knee
S80.8 - Other superficial injuries of lower leg
S80.9 - Unspecified superficial injury of knee and lower leg

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