S82 - Fracture of lower leg, including ankle
The ICD 10 Code for
Fracture of lower leg, including ankle is listed as
S82. 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 |
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| Diagnosis Code: |
S82
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| Description: |
Fracture of lower leg, including ankle
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Note: A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced.
- A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
- The open fracture designations are based on the Gustilo open fracture classification
- 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 all codes from category S82
- 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 - subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
- G - subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
- H - subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
- J - subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
- K - subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
- M - subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
- N - subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
- P - subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
- Q - subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
- R - subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
- S - sequela
- Note: Initial encounter for open fracture NOS.
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| Chapter |
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) |
| ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of S82: |
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| S82.0 - Fracture of patella |
| S82.1 - Fracture of upper end of tibia |
| S82.2 - Fracture of shaft of tibia |
| S82.3 - Fracture of lower end of tibia |
| S82.4 - Fracture of shaft of fibula |
| S82.5 - Fracture of medial malleolus |
| S82.6 - Fracture of lateral malleolus |
| S82.8 - Other fractures of lower leg |
| S82.9 - Unspecified fracture of lower leg |
