ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S80-S89 › S89.8 Other specified injuries of lower leg › S89.81

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 3 more specific codes instead:

• S89.81XA Other specified injuries of right lower leg, initial encounter
• S89.81XD Other specified injuries of right lower leg, subsequent encounter
• S89.81XS Other specified injuries of right lower leg, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

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 S89 Other and unspecified injuries of lower leg

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)

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.

• Knot > surfer
• Surfer's knots or nodules
• Injury > leg > specified NEC
• Injury > knee > specified NEC

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S89.80	Other specified injuries of unspecified lower leg	Not billable
S89.82	Other specified injuries of left lower leg	Not billable