ICD-10-CM Code S81.829A
Laceration with foreign body, unspecified lower leg, initial encounter
BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Billable Code
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.S81.829A is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of laceration with foreign body, unspecified lower leg, initial encounter. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
MS-DRG Mapping
- DRG Group #913-914 - Traumatic injury with MCC.
- DRG Group #913-914 - Traumatic injury without MCC.
- DRG Group #955-965 - Other multiple significant trauma with MCC.
- DRG Group #955-965 - Other multiple significant trauma with CC.
- DRG Group #955-965 - Other multiple significant trauma without CC or MCC.
Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)
Open wound of knee, leg [except thigh], and ankle, complicated
(approximate match)
This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code S81.829A and a single ICD9 code, 891.1 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.
Parent Code: S81.829 - Laceration with foreign body, unspecified lower leg