Open wound of knee and lower leg - S81
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- open fracture of knee and lower leg (S82.-)
- traumatic amputation of lower leg (S88.-)
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- open wound of ankle and foot (S91.-)
Code Also: It indicates that an additional code should be used alongside the primary code to capture related factors or associated conditions.
Category codeAlso:
- any associated wound infection
The seventh character in ICD-10-CM is an essential component that adds specificity to diagnosis codes by indicating aspects like the encounter type, stage, or other relevant clinical details.
Category SevenChr Note:
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S81
These ranges represents subcategories of Open wound of knee and lower leg. The "S81" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- S81.0 - Open wound of knee
- S81.00 - Unspecified open wound of knee
- S81.001 - Unspecified open wound, right knee
- S81.002 - Unspecified open wound, left knee
- S81.009 - Unspecified open wound, unspecified knee
- S81.01 - Laceration without foreign body of knee
- S81.011 - Laceration without foreign body, right knee
- S81.012 - Laceration without foreign body, left knee
- S81.019 - Laceration without foreign body, unspecified knee
- S81.02 - Laceration with foreign body of knee
- S81.021 - Laceration with foreign body, right knee
- S81.022 - Laceration with foreign body, left knee
- S81.029 - Laceration with foreign body, unspecified knee
- S81.03 - Puncture wound without foreign body of knee
- S81.031 - Puncture wound without foreign body, right knee
- S81.032 - Puncture wound without foreign body, left knee
- S81.039 - Puncture wound without foreign body, unspecified knee
- S81.04 - Puncture wound with foreign body of knee
- S81.041 - Puncture wound with foreign body, right knee
- S81.042 - Puncture wound with foreign body, left knee
- S81.049 - Puncture wound with foreign body, unspecified knee
- S81.05 - Open bite of knee
- S81.051 - Open bite, right knee
- S81.052 - Open bite, left knee
- S81.059 - Open bite, unspecified knee
- S81.8 - Open wound of lower leg
- S81.80 - Unspecified open wound of lower leg
- S81.801 - Unspecified open wound, right lower leg
- S81.802 - Unspecified open wound, left lower leg
- S81.809 - Unspecified open wound, unspecified lower leg
- S81.81 - Laceration without foreign body of lower leg
- S81.811 - Laceration without foreign body, right lower leg
- S81.812 - Laceration without foreign body, left lower leg
- S81.819 - Laceration without foreign body, unspecified lower leg
- S81.82 - Laceration with foreign body of lower leg
- S81.821 - Laceration with foreign body, right lower leg
- S81.822 - Laceration with foreign body, left lower leg
- S81.829 - Laceration with foreign body, unspecified lower leg
- S81.83 - Puncture wound without foreign body of lower leg
- S81.831 - Puncture wound without foreign body, right lower leg
- S81.832 - Puncture wound without foreign body, left lower leg
- S81.839 - Puncture wound without foreign body, unspecified lower leg
- S81.84 - Puncture wound with foreign body of lower leg
- S81.841 - Puncture wound with foreign body, right lower leg
- S81.842 - Puncture wound with foreign body, left lower leg
- S81.849 - Puncture wound with foreign body, unspecified lower leg
- S81.85 - Open bite of lower leg
- S81.851 - Open bite, right lower leg
- S81.852 - Open bite, left lower leg
- S81.859 - Open bite, unspecified lower leg