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959.7 - Knee, Leg, Ankle, And Foot Injury


The ICD 9 Code for Knee, leg, ankle, and foot injury is listed as 959.7.
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: 959.7
Long Description: Knee, leg, ankle, and foot injury
Short Description: Lower leg injury NOS
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Certain Traumatic Complications And Unspecified Injuries (958-959)
Related Descriptions: Acute injury of posterior cruciate ligament
Calf injury
Compartment syndrome of lower limb
Complete division, extensor tendon, foot
Complete division, flexor tendon, foot
Complete division, patellar tendon
Complete division, tendo calcaneus (Achilles tendon)
Fishing hook in great toe
Fishing hook in heel
Foreign body in lower leg
Foreign body in lower limb
Foreign body left in ankle/foot
Foreign body left in knee
Foreign body of foot
Heel injury
Injury of ankle
Injury of anterior cruciate ligament
Injury of collateral ligament of knee
Injury of cruciate ligament of knee
Injury of fibula
Injury of foot
Injury of great toe
Injury of great toenail
Injury of knee
Injury of lateral collateral ligament of knee
Injury of little toe
Injury of lower extremity
Injury of lower leg
Injury of medial collateral ligament of knee
Injury of multiple muscles and tendons at lower leg level
Injury of muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level
Injury of muscle and tendon at lower leg level
Injury of muscle and tendon of long extensor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level
Injury of muscle and tendon of long flexor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level
Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of anterior muscle group at lower leg level
Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group at lower leg level
Injury of patella
Injury of posterior cruciate ligament
Injury of posterolateral corner of knee
Injury of tibia
Injury of toe
Injury to multiple structures of knee
Massive multi tissue damage foot
Massive multi tissue damage lower leg
Multiple injuries of ankle and/or foot
Partial division, extensor tendon of foot
Partial division, flexor tendon of foot
Pellet wound of ankle
Pellet wound of calf
Pellet wound of dorsum of foot
Pellet wound of foot
Pellet wound of great toe
Pellet wound of heel
Pellet wound of knee
Pellet wound of lower leg
Pellet wound of lower limb
Pellet wound of shin
Pellet wound of sole of foot
Pellet wound of toe
Severe multi tissue damage foot
Severe multi tissue damage lower leg
Shin injury
Traumatic division of tendon of lower limb
Traumatic injury of popliteus muscle
Turf toe
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: S89.80XA - Other specified injuries of unspecified lower leg, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: S89.90XA - Unspecified injury of unspecified lower leg, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: S99.819A - Other specified injuries of unspecified ankle, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: S99.919A - Unspecified injury of unspecified ankle, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 959.7:
959.2 - Shoulder and upper arm injury
959.3 - Elbow, forearm, and wrist injury
959.4 - Hand, except finger injury
959.5 - Finger injury
959.6 - Hip and thigh injury
959.8 - Other specified sites, including multiple injury
959.9 - Unspecified site injury