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S80 - Superficial injury of knee and lower leg


The ICD 10 Code for Superficial injury of knee and lower leg is listed as S80.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: S80
Description: Superficial injury of knee and lower leg
  • Excludes2: superficial injury of ankle and foot (S90.-)
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S80
  • A - initial encounter
  • D - subsequent encounter
  • S - sequela
Chapter Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of S80:
S80.0 - Contusion of knee
S80.1 - Contusion of lower leg
S80.2 - Other superficial injuries of knee
S80.8 - Other superficial injuries of lower leg
S80.9 - Unspecified superficial injury of knee and lower leg