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S89.91XA
Billable

Unspecified injury of right lower leg (initial encounter)

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

Billable Code

S89.91XA 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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Injury of Right Lower Leg

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.

Excludes1

2 items

From S00-T88:

Excludes2

1 item

From S89:

  • other and unspecified injuries of ankle and foot (S99.-)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From S00-T88:

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

Notes

1 item

From S89:

  • A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed

7th Character Notes

8 items

From S89:

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategories S89.0, S89.1, S89.2, and S89.3
  • A: initial encounter
  • D: subsequent encounter
  • S: sequela

From S89.9:

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code in subcategory S89.9
  • A: initial encounter
  • D: subsequent encounter
  • S: sequela
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