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821 Laceration with foreign body, right lower leg
- S81.822 Laceration with foreign body, left lower leg
- S81.829 Laceration with foreign body, unspecified lower leg
- S81.83 Puncture wound without foreign body of lower leg
- S81.831 Puncture wound without foreign body, right lower leg
- S81.832 Puncture wound without foreign body, left lower leg
- S81.839 Puncture wound without foreign body, unspecified lower leg
- S81.84 Puncture wound with foreign body of lower leg
- S81.841 Puncture wound with foreign body, right lower leg
- S81.842 Puncture wound with foreign body, left lower leg
- S81.849 Puncture wound with foreign body, unspecified lower leg
- S81.85 Open bite of lower leg
- Bite of lower leg NOS
- Excludes1: superficial bite of lower leg (S80.86-, S80.87-)
- S81.851 Open bite, right lower leg
- S81.852 Open bite, left lower leg
- S81.859 Open bite, unspecified lower leg
S82 Fracture of lower leg, including ankle
- A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
- Includes: fracture of malleolus
- Excludes1: traumatic amputation of lower leg (S88.-)
- Excludes2: fracture of foot, except ankle (S92.-)
- periprosthetic fracture of prosthetic implant of knee (T84.042, T84.043)
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S82
- A fracture not designated as open or closed should be coded to closed
- The open fracture designations are based on the Gustilo open fracture classification
- A initial encounter for closed fracture
- B initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
- initial encounter for open fracture NOS
- C initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
- D subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
- E subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
- F
