S82

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Fracture of lower leg, including ankle

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

Coding Guidance

S82 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

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

More Specific Codes (9)

S82.0Fracture of patellaCategory→S82.1Fracture of upper end of tibiaCategory→S82.2Fracture of shaft of tibiaCategory→S82.3Fracture of lower end of tibiaCategory→S82.4Fracture of shaft of fibulaCategory→S82.5Fracture of medial malleolusCategory→S82.6Fracture of lateral malleolusCategory→S82.8Other fractures of lower legCategory→S82.9Unspecified fracture of lower legCategory→

Chapter Information

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

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S82

Fracture of patella

S82.0›

Fracture of upper end of tibia

S82.1›

Fracture of shaft of tibia

S82.2›

Fracture of lower end of tibia

S82.3›

Fracture of shaft of fibula

S82.4›

Fracture of medial malleolus

S82.5›

Fracture of lateral malleolus

S82.6›

Other fractures of lower leg

S82.8›

Unspecified fracture of lower leg

S82.9›

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