Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group 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 4 more specific codes instead:

S86.30 Unspecified injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group at lower leg level (also a header)
S86.31 Strain of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group at lower leg level (also a header)
S86.32 Laceration of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group at lower leg level (also a header)
S86.39 Other injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group 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(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group 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 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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S86.0	Injury of Achilles tendon	Not billable
S86.1	Injury of other muscle(s) and tendon(s) of posterior muscle group at lower leg level	Not billable
S86.2	Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of anterior muscle group at lower leg level	Not billable
S86.8	Injury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level	Not billable
S86.9	Injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at lower leg level	Not billable