ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S80-S89 › S83.5 Sprain of cruciate ligament of knee › S83.52
Sprain of posterior cruciate ligament 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.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S83.521 Sprain of posterior cruciate ligament of right knee (also a header)
- S83.522 Sprain of posterior cruciate ligament of left knee (also a header)
- S83.529 Sprain of posterior cruciate ligament of unspecified 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Sprain of posterior cruciate ligament 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.
Inherited from S83 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of knee
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)
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.
- Tenosynovitis
- Injury > axilla
- Sprain > scapula
- Avulsion > ligament
- Division > ligament
- Detachment > ligament
- Dislocation > partial
- Disruption > ligament
- Laceration > ligament
- Tear, torn > ligament
- Detachment > cartilage
- Tear, torn > cartilage
- Dislocation > incomplete
- Hemarthrosis > traumatic
- Injury > scapular region
- Avulsion > joint > capsule
- Injury > shoulder > sprain
- Laceration > joint capsule
- Laceration > capsule, joint
- Tear, torn > capsule, joint
- Disorder > tendon > synovitis
- Rupture, ruptured > cartilage
- Synovitis > traumatic, current
- Disorder > joint > hemarthrosis
- Disorder > synovium > synovitis
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > joint
- Sprain > shoulder joint > blade
- Dislocation > vertebra > partial
- Subluxation > ligament, traumatic
- Rupture, ruptured > traumatic > ligament
- Rupture, ruptured > joint capsule, traumatic
- Sprain > shoulder joint > coracoclavicular joint
- Sprain > shoulder joint > coracohumeral ligament
- Sprain > shoulder joint > acromioclavicular joint
- Sprain > knee > cruciate ligament > posterior
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S83.50 | Sprain of unspecified cruciate ligament of knee | Not billable |
| S83.51 | Sprain of anterior cruciate ligament of knee | Not billable |