ICD-10-CM Code S96
Injury of muscle and tendon at ankle and foot 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 S96 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the five child codes of S96 that describes the diagnosis 'injury of muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level' in more detail.
- S96 Injury of muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
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- S96.00 Unspecified injury of muscle and tendon of long flexor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.01 Strain of muscle and tendon of long flexor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.02 Laceration of muscle and tendon of long flexor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.09 Other injury of muscle and tendon of long flexor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
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- S96.10 Unspecified injury of muscle and tendon of long extensor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.11 Strain of muscle and tendon of long extensor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.12 Laceration of muscle and tendon of long extensor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.19 Other specified injury of muscle and tendon of long extensor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
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- S96.20 Unspecified injury of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.21 Strain of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.22 Laceration of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.29 Other specified injury of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
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- S96.80 Unspecified injury of other specified muscles and tendons at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.81 Strain of other specified muscles and tendons at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.82 Laceration of other specified muscles and tendons at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.89 Other specified injury of other specified muscles and tendons at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
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- S96.90 Unspecified injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.91 Strain of unspecified muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.92 Laceration of unspecified muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
- S96.99 Other specified injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level NON-BILLABLE
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Coding Notes for S96 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 S91.-
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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 Achilles tendon - instead, use code S86.0-
- Sprain of joints and ligaments of ankle and foot - instead, use code S93.-
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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 S96