ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › T79 › T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome › T79.A2
Traumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- T79.A21 Traumatic compartment syndrome of right lower extremity (also a header)
- T79.A22 Traumatic compartment syndrome of left lower extremity (also a header)
- T79.A29 Traumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified lower extremity (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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Traumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity
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 T79 Certain early complications of trauma, not elsewhere classified
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category T79
Excludes2 - not included here
- acute respiratory distress syndrome (J80)
- complications occurring during or following medical procedures (T80-T88)
- complications of surgical and medical care NEC (T80-T88)
- newborn respiratory distress syndrome (P22.0)
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.
- Compartment syndrome > lower extremity
- Syndrome > compartment > lower extremity
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| T79.A0 | Compartment syndrome, unspecified | Not billable |
| T79.A1 | Traumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity | Not billable |
| T79.A3 | Traumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen | Not billable |
| T79.A9 | Traumatic compartment syndrome of other sites | Not billable |