Crushing injury of lower leg - S87
Use Additional Code: This note indicates that an additional code should be used in conjunction with the primary code "S87" to provide a complete picture of the patient's condition or to capture associated factors.
Use Additional:
- code(s) for all associated injuries
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:
- crushing injury of ankle and foot (S97.-)
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 S87
These ranges represents subcategories of Crushing injury of lower leg. The "S87" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- S87.0 - Crushing injury of knee
- S87.00 - Crushing injury of unspecified knee
- S87.01 - Crushing injury of right knee
- S87.02 - Crushing injury of left knee
- S87.8 - Crushing injury of lower leg
- S87.80 - Crushing injury of unspecified lower leg
- S87.81 - Crushing injury of right lower leg
- S87.82 - Crushing injury of left lower leg