Kodex

Code

S84.20XS

sequela

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Hierarchy

S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- S80-S89 Injuries to the knee and lower leg (S80-S89)
  - S84 Injury of nerves at lower leg level
    - S84.2 Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at lower leg level
      - S84.20 Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at lower leg level, unspecified leg
        
        S84.20XA initial encounter
        
        S84.20XD subsequent encounter
        
        S84.20XS sequela

Long Title

S84.20XS

Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at lower leg level, unspecified leg sequela

Notes

Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Code Also

any associated open wound (S81.-)
- S81 Open wound of knee and lower leg

Use Additional

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes 1

P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

S94 Injury of nerves at ankle and foot level

T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
injuries of ankle and foot, except fracture of ankle and malleolus (S90-S99)
- S90-S99 Injuries to the ankle and foot (S90-S99)
insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
- T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods