ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S80-S89 › S88.912 Complete traumatic amputation of... › S88.912S

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

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 S88 Traumatic amputation of lower leg

Seventh character required

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S88

Excludes1 - never coded here

• traumatic amputation of ankle and foot (S98.-)

Also known as

• An amputation not identified as partial or complete should be coded to complete

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.

• Stump
• Avulsion > limb
• Disarticulation
• Wound, open > calf
• Wound, open > shin
• Injury > leg > open
• Wound, open > leg > with amputation
• Loss > limb or member, traumatic, current
• Disarticulation > meaning traumatic amputation
• Wound, open > genital organs, external > with amputation
• Amputation > traumatic > leg

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S88.912A	Complete traumatic amputation of left lower leg, level unspecified, initial encounter	Valid
S88.912D	Complete traumatic amputation of left lower leg, level unspecified, subsequent encounter	Valid