ICD-10-CM Code S85
Injury of blood vessels at lower leg level
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 S85 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the eight child codes of S85 that describes the diagnosis 'injury of blood vessels at lower leg level' in more detail.
- S85 Injury of blood vessels at lower leg level NON-BILLABLE
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- S85.00 Unspecified injury of popliteal artery NON-BILLABLE
- S85.01 Laceration of popliteal artery NON-BILLABLE
- S85.09 Other specified injury of popliteal artery NON-BILLABLE
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- S85.10 Unspecified injury of unspecified tibial artery NON-BILLABLE
- S85.11 Laceration of unspecified tibial artery NON-BILLABLE
- S85.12 Other specified injury of unspecified tibial artery NON-BILLABLE
- S85.13 Unspecified injury of anterior tibial artery NON-BILLABLE
- S85.14 Laceration of anterior tibial artery NON-BILLABLE
- S85.15 Other specified injury of anterior tibial artery NON-BILLABLE
- S85.16 Unspecified injury of posterior tibial artery NON-BILLABLE
- S85.17 Laceration of posterior tibial artery NON-BILLABLE
- S85.18 Other specified injury of posterior tibial artery NON-BILLABLE
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- S85.20 Unspecified injury of peroneal artery NON-BILLABLE
- S85.21 Laceration of peroneal artery NON-BILLABLE
- S85.29 Other specified injury of peroneal artery NON-BILLABLE
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- S85.50 Unspecified injury of popliteal vein NON-BILLABLE
- S85.51 Laceration of popliteal vein NON-BILLABLE
- S85.59 Other specified injury of popliteal vein NON-BILLABLE
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Coding Notes for S85 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Also Note:
Code Also
A Code Also note indicates that two or more codes may be required to fully describe a condition, but the order of codes is at the coder's discretion. Code order depends on the severity of the conditions and the reason for the encounter. - Any associated open wound See code S81.-
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Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here." - Injury of blood vessels at ankle and foot level - instead, use code S95.-
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7th Character Extension Notes:
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 Info - The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category See Code S85