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S83

Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of 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.

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

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

  • S83.0 Subluxation and dislocation of patella (also a header)
  • S83.1 Subluxation and dislocation of knee (also a header)
  • S83.2 Tear of meniscus, current injury (also a header)
  • S83.3 Tear of articular cartilage of knee, current (also a header)
  • S83.4 Sprain of collateral ligament of knee (also a header)
  • S83.5 Sprain of cruciate ligament of knee (also a header)
  • S83.6 Sprain of the superior tibiofibular joint and ligament (also a header)
  • S83.8 Sprain of other specified parts of knee (also a header)
  • S83.9 Sprain of unspecified site of knee (also a header)

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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of 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.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S83

Excludes2 - not included here

  • derangement of patella (M22.0-M22.3)
  • injury of patellar ligament (tendon) (S76.1-)
  • internal derangement of knee (M23.-)
  • old dislocation of knee (M24.36)
  • pathological dislocation of knee (M24.36)
  • recurrent dislocation of knee (M22.0)
  • strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of lower leg (S86.-)

Code also

  • any associated open wound

Includes

  • avulsion of joint or ligament of knee
  • laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament of knee
  • sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament of knee
  • traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament of knee
  • traumatic rupture of joint or ligament of knee
  • traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament of knee
  • traumatic tear of joint or ligament of knee

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)