Other specified injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level, right leg

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 3 more specific codes instead:

S85.491A Other specified injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level, right leg, initial encounter
S85.491D Other specified injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level, right leg, subsequent encounter
S85.491S Other specified injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level, right leg, sequela

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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.

FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Other specified injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level, right leg

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)

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 > chest
Injury > hip > blood vessel
Injury > interscapular area
Injury > leg > blood vessel
Injury > thigh > blood vessel
Injury > blood vessel NEC > thigh
Injury > blood vessel NEC > leg > thigh
Injury > blood vessel NEC > limb > lower
Injury > blood vessel NEC > lesser saphenous vein > specified type NEC

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S85.492	Other specified injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level, left leg	Not billable
S85.499	Other specified injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level, unspecified leg	Not billable