ICD-10-CM Code S83.519
Sprain of anterior cruciate ligament of unspecified knee
NON-BILLABLE
7th Character Required
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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.7th Character Required
Code requires 7th Character Extension identifier. This 7th Character usually captures Episode of Care information, such as "Initial Encounter," "Subsquent Encounter," or "Sequela."ICD Code S83.519 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use specify a 7th character that describes the diagnosis 'sprain of anterior cruciate ligament of unspecified knee' in more detail. The 7th characters that can be added, and the resulting billable codes, are as follows:
7th Digit | Billable Code | 7th Digit Specifies |
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A | S83.519A | initial encounter |
D | S83.519D | subsequent encounter |
S | S83.519S | sequela |
What is 7th Character Extension?
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More InfoThe ICD code S835 is used to code Anterior cruciate ligament injury
The anterior cruciate ligament ("ACL") is an important, internal, stabilizer of the knee joint, restraining hyperextension. It is injured when its biomechanical limits are exceeded (over stretched), often with a hyperextension mechanism.
Specialty: | Orthopedics |
ICD 9 Code: | 844.2 |
Diagram of the right knee
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Partial tear, knee, anterior cruciate ligament (disorder)
- Injury of anterior cruciate ligament (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Episode of care information needed
- Consider additional code to identify specific condition or disease
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
- Consider laterality specification
Parent Code: S83.51 - Sprain of anterior cruciate ligament of knee