ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S80-S89 › S80.25 Superficial foreign body of knee › S80.259
Superficial foreign body, unspecified knee
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S80.259A Superficial foreign body, unspecified knee, initial encounter
- S80.259D Superficial foreign body, unspecified knee, subsequent encounter
- S80.259S Superficial foreign body, unspecified knee, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Superficial foreign body, unspecified knee
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from S80 Superficial injury of knee and lower leg
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S80
Excludes2 - not included here
- superficial injury of ankle and foot (S90.-)
Inherited from the S80-S89 section Injuries to the knee and lower leg (S80-S89)
Excludes2 - not included here
- 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)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Emesis
- Retching
- Splinter
- Granuloma > talc
- Regurgitation > food
- Foreign body > granuloma
- Injury > knee > superficial
- Reaction > foreign > body NEC
- Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
- Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
- Regurgitation > gastric contents
- Myositis > foreign body granuloma
- Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
- Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
- Injury > superficial NEC > leg > knee
- Injury > superficial NEC > foreign body
- Injury > superficial NEC > popliteal space
- Injury > superficial NEC > leg > foreign body
- Injury > superficial NEC > knee > foreign body
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > calf
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > shin
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > leg > knee
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > popliteal space
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > knee
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S80.251 | Superficial foreign body, right knee | Not billable |
| S80.252 | Superficial foreign body, left knee | Not billable |