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S96.212

Strain of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level, left foot

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:

  • S96.212A Strain of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level, left foot, initial encounter
  • S96.212D Strain of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level, left foot, subsequent encounter
  • S96.212S Strain of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level, left foot, sequela

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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Strain of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level, left foot

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 S96 Injury of muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S96

Excludes2 - not included here

  • injury of Achilles tendon (S86.0-)
  • sprain of joints and ligaments of ankle and foot (S93.-)

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
S96.211 Strain of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level, right foot Not billable
S96.219 Strain of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level, unspecified foot Not billable