ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S80-S89 › S80.852 Superficial foreign body, left lower leg › S80.852A
Superficial foreign body, left lower leg, initial encounter
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Superficial foreign body, left lower leg, initial encounter
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 > leg > superficial
- Reaction > foreign > body NEC
- Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
- Injury > superficial NEC > calf
- Injury > superficial NEC > shin
- Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
- Regurgitation > gastric contents
- Myositis > foreign body granuloma
- Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
- Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
- Injury > superficial NEC > foreign body
- Injury > superficial NEC > leg > foreign body
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > calf
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > shin
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > leg
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S80.852D | Superficial foreign body, left lower leg, subsequent encounter | Valid |
| S80.852S | Superficial foreign body, left lower leg, sequela | Valid |