S96

Non-billableSave

Injury of muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level

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

Coding Guidance

S96 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 (5)

S96.0Injury of muscle and tendon of long flexor muscle of toe at ankle and foot levelCategory→S96.1Injury of muscle and tendon of long extensor muscle of toe at ankle and foot levelCategory→S96.2Injury of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot levelCategory→S96.8Injury of other specified muscles and tendons at ankle and foot levelCategory→S96.9Injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at ankle and foot 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 S96

Injury of muscle and tendon of long flexor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level

S96.0›

Injury of muscle and tendon of long extensor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level

S96.1›

Injury of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level

S96.2›

Injury of other specified muscles and tendons at ankle and foot level

S96.8›

Injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level

S96.9›

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