Injury of blood vessels at lower leg level

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 8 more specific codes instead:

S85.0 Injury of popliteal artery (also a header)
S85.1 Injury of tibial artery (also a header)
S85.2 Injury of peroneal artery (also a header)
S85.3 Injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg level (also a header)
S85.4 Injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level (also a header)
S85.5 Injury of popliteal vein (also a header)
S85.8 Injury of other blood vessels at lower leg level (also a header)
S85.9 Injury of unspecified blood vessel at lower leg level (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 Injury of blood vessels at lower leg level

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 S85

Excludes2 - not included here

injury of blood vessels at ankle and foot level (S95.-)

Code also

any associated open wound (S81.-)

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)