ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S80-S89 › S85 Injury of blood vessels at lower leg level › S85.4
Injury of lesser saphenous vein 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.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S85.40 Unspecified injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level (also a header)
- S85.41 Laceration of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level (also a header)
- S85.49 Other specified injury of lesser saphenous vein 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 lesser saphenous vein 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.
Inherited from S85 Injury of blood vessels at lower leg level
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)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S85.0 | Injury of popliteal artery | Not billable |
| S85.1 | Injury of tibial artery | Not billable |
| S85.2 | Injury of peroneal artery | Not billable |
| S85.3 | Injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg level | Not billable |
| S85.5 | Injury of popliteal vein | Not billable |
| S85.8 | Injury of other blood vessels at lower leg level | Not billable |
| S85.9 | Injury of unspecified blood vessel at lower leg level | Not billable |