ICD-10-CM Code S86.8
Injury of other muscles and tendons 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 S86.8 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of S86.8 that describes the diagnosis 'injury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level' in more detail.
- S86.8 Injury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level NON-BILLABLE
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- S86.801 Unspecified injury of other muscle(s) and tendon(s) at lower leg level, right leg NON-BILLABLE
- S86.802 Unspecified injury of other muscle(s) and tendon(s) at lower leg level, left leg NON-BILLABLE
- S86.809 Unspecified injury of other muscle(s) and tendon(s) at lower leg level, unspecified leg NON-BILLABLE
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Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S86.8 - Injury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S86.8. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: S86 - Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level