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ICD-10-CM Code S81.8
Open wound of lower leg

NON-BILLABLE
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-10 from 2011 - 2016

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.


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

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Source: http://icd.codes/icd10cm/S818