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S95.91

Laceration of unspecified blood vessel at ankle and foot 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 3 more specific codes instead:

  • S95.911 Laceration of unspecified blood vessel at ankle and foot level, right leg (also a header)
  • S95.912 Laceration of unspecified blood vessel at ankle and foot level, left leg (also a header)
  • S95.919 Laceration of unspecified blood vessel at ankle and foot level, unspecified 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 Laceration of unspecified blood vessel at ankle and foot 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 S95 Injury of blood vessels at ankle and foot level

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S95

Excludes2 - not included here

  • injury of posterior tibial artery and vein (S85.1-, S85.8-)

Code also

  • any associated open wound (S91.-)

Inherited from the S90-S99 section Injuries to the ankle and foot (S90-S99)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • fracture of ankle and malleolus (S82.-)
  • frostbite (T33-T34)
  • 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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S95.90 Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at ankle and foot level Not billable
S95.99 Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at ankle and foot level Not billable