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S83.221A
Billable

Peripheral tear of medial meniscus, current injury, right knee (initial encounter)

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Billable Code

S83.221A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

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right medial meniscus tear
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Tear of medial meniscus, current injury, right knee

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torn meniscus right knee
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Tear of Meniscus, Right Knee

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Includes

7 items

From S83:

  • avulsion of joint or ligament of knee
  • laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament of knee
  • sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament of knee
  • traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament of knee
  • traumatic rupture of joint or ligament of knee
  • traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament of knee
  • traumatic tear of joint or ligament of knee

Excludes1

3 items

From S00-T88:

From S83.2:

  • old bucket-handle tear (M23.2)

Excludes2

7 items

From S83:

  • derangement of patella (M22.0-M22.3)
  • injury of patellar ligament (tendon) (S76.1-)
  • internal derangement of knee (M23.-)
  • old dislocation of knee (M24.36)
  • pathological dislocation of knee (M24.36)
  • recurrent dislocation of knee (M22.0)
  • strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of lower leg (S86.-)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From S00-T88:

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

7th Character Notes

4 items

From S83:

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S83
  • A: initial encounter
  • D: subsequent encounter
  • S: sequela
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