Is S82.899 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. S82.899 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does S82.899 sit in the tabular list?

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the knee and lower leg (S80-S89).

S82.899

S82.899 — Other fracture of unspecified lower leg

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMunspecified

S82.899 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other fracture of 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 all codes from category S82

A: initial encounter for closed fracture
B: initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
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

Risk adjustment

S82.899 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How S82.899 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to S82.899.

Fracture, traumatic›ankle

Code to one of these instead S82.899

16 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share S82.89. If S82.899 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about S82.899

Is S82.899 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. S82.899 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S82.899 sit in the tabular list?: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the knee and lower leg (S80-S89).