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S89

Other and unspecified injuries of lower 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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • S89.0 Physeal fracture of upper end of tibia (also a header)
  • S89.1 Physeal fracture of lower end of tibia (also a header)
  • S89.2 Physeal fracture of upper end of fibula (also a header)
  • S89.3 Physeal fracture of lower end of fibula (also a header)
  • S89.8 Other specified injuries of lower leg (also a header)
  • S89.9 Unspecified injury of lower leg (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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other and unspecified injuries of lower 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.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategories S89.0, S89.1, S89.2, and S89.3

Excludes2 - not included here

  • other and unspecified injuries of ankle and foot (S99.-)

Note

  • A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed

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)