844.8 - Sprains And Strains Of Other Specified Sites Of Knee And Leg
The ICD 9 Code for Sprains and strains of other specified sites of knee and leg is listed as 844.8.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 844.8 |
| Long Description: | Sprains and strains of other specified sites of knee and leg |
| Short Description: | Sprain of knee & leg NEC |
| Chapter: | Injury And Poisoning |
| Block: | Sprains And Strains Of Joints And Adjacent Muscles (840-848) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Avulsion of tibial attachment
Strain of calf muscle Strain of patellar tendon Traumatic rupture of patellar tendon Traumatic rupture of quadriceps tendon |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | S83.8X9A - Sprain of other specified parts of unspecified knee, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | S86.819A - Strain of other muscle(s) and tendon(s) at lower leg level, unspecified leg, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 844.8: | |
| 844.0 - Sprain of lateral collateral ligament of knee | |
| 844.1 - Sprain of medial collateral ligament of knee | |
| 844.2 - Sprain of cruciate ligament of knee | |
| 844.3 - Sprain of tibiofibular (joint) (ligament) superior, of knee | |
| 844.9 - Sprains and strains of unspecified site of knee and leg | |