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S81 Non-Billable Code

Open wound 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

codeAlso
  • any associated wound infection
excludes1
  • open fracture of knee and lower leg (S82.-)
  • traumatic amputation of lower leg (S88.-)
excludes2
  • open wound of ankle and foot (S91.-)
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 S81

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