S81.819
S81.819: Laceration without foreign body, unspecified lower leg
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMunspecified
S81.819 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for laceration without foreign body, unspecified lower leg. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S81
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S81.819
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S81.819
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Laceration›leg(lower)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S81.819
3 child codes. Green means billable.