ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S80-S89 › S86.0 Injury of Achilles tendon › S86.02
Laceration of Achilles tendon
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:
- S86.021 Laceration of right Achilles tendon (also a header)
- S86.022 Laceration of left Achilles tendon (also a header)
- S86.029 Laceration of unspecified Achilles tendon (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 Laceration of Achilles tendon
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 S86 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level
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)
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.
- Cut > muscle
- Injury > fascia
- Injury > tendon
- Strain > muscle
- Strain > tendon
- Avulsion > muscle
- Avulsion > tendon
- Division > muscle
- Laceration > muscle
- Laceration > tendon
- Injury > leg > muscle
- Injury > tendon > Achilles
- Injury > muscle > extensor > finger
- Injury > muscle > intrinsic > finger
- Injury > muscle > leg > Achilles tendon
- Injury > muscle > leg > posterior muscle group
- Laceration > Achilles tendon
- Laceration > tendon > Achilles
- Injury > Achilles tendon > laceration
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S86.00 | Unspecified injury of Achilles tendon | Not billable |
| S86.01 | Strain of Achilles tendon | Not billable |
| S86.09 | Other specified injury of Achilles tendon | Not billable |