ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S80-S89 › S80.92 Unspecified superficial injury of lower leg › S80.922

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

• S80.922A Unspecified superficial injury of left lower leg, initial encounter
• S80.922D Unspecified superficial injury of left lower leg, subsequent encounter
• S80.922S Unspecified superficial injury of left lower leg, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

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.

• Injury > leg > superficial
• Injury > superficial NEC > calf
• Injury > superficial NEC > shin
• Injury > superficial NEC > leg

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S80.921	Unspecified superficial injury of right lower leg	Not billable
S80.929	Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified lower leg	Not billable