S85

Non-billableSave

Injury of blood vessels at lower leg level

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

Coding Guidance

S85 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 (8)

S85.0Injury of popliteal arteryCategory→S85.1Injury of tibial arteryCategory→S85.2Injury of peroneal arteryCategory→S85.3Injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg levelCategory→S85.4Injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg levelCategory→S85.5Injury of popliteal veinCategory→S85.8Injury of other blood vessels at lower leg levelCategory→S85.9Injury of unspecified blood vessel at lower leg levelCategory→

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 S85

Injury of popliteal artery

S85.0›

Injury of tibial artery

S85.1›

Injury of peroneal artery

S85.2›

Injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg level

S85.3›

Injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level

S85.4›

Injury of popliteal vein

S85.5›

Injury of other blood vessels at lower leg level

S85.8›

Injury of unspecified blood vessel at lower leg level

S85.9›

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