Other specified injuries of right lower leg, initial encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other specified injuries of lower right leg, initial encounter
FY2011 Draft description revised draft ~~Other specified injuries of lower right leg, initial encounter~~ Other specified injuries of right lower leg, initial encounter

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