S86 Non-Billable Code
Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level
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 open wound (S81.-)
excludes2
- injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at ankle (S96.-)
- injury of patellar ligament (tendon) (S76.1-)
- sprain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.-)
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 S86
More Specific Diagnosis Codes
This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.
- S86.0 - Injury of Achilles tendon
- S86.1 - Injury of other muscle(s) and tendon(s) of posterior muscle group at lower leg level
- S86.2 - Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of anterior muscle group at lower leg level
- S86.3 - Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group at lower leg level
- S86.8 - Injury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level
- S86.9 - Injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at lower leg level
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