ICD-10-CM Code S81.8
Open wound of lower leg
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code S81.8 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the six child codes of S81.8 that describes the diagnosis 'open wound of lower leg' in more detail.
- S81.8 Open wound of lower leg NON-BILLABLE
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- S81.801 Unspecified open wound, right lower leg NON-BILLABLE
- S81.802 Unspecified open wound, left lower leg NON-BILLABLE
- S81.809 Unspecified open wound, unspecified lower leg NON-BILLABLE
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- S81.821 Laceration with foreign body, right lower leg NON-BILLABLE
- S81.822 Laceration with foreign body, left lower leg NON-BILLABLE
- S81.829 Laceration with foreign body, unspecified lower leg NON-BILLABLE
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- S81.851 Open bite, right lower leg NON-BILLABLE
- S81.852 Open bite, left lower leg NON-BILLABLE
- S81.859 Open bite, unspecified lower leg NON-BILLABLE
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Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Cut of shin (disorder)
- Human bite of shin (disorder)
- Laceration of calf (disorder)
- Cut of calf (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
Parent Code: S81 - Open wound of knee and lower leg