ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S80-S89 › S codes › S86
Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon 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 6 more specific codes instead:
- S86.0 Injury of Achilles tendon (also a header)
- S86.1 Injury of other muscle(s) and tendon(s) of posterior muscle group at lower leg level (also a header)
- S86.2 Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of anterior muscle group at lower leg level (also a header)
- S86.3 Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group at lower leg level (also a header)
- S86.8 Injury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level (also a header)
- S86.9 Injury of unspecified muscle and tendon 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 muscle, fascia and tendon 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 S86
Excludes2 - not included here
- injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at ankle (S96.-)
- injury of patellar ligament (tendon) (S76.1-)
- sprain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.-)
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)