S83.202
S83.202 — Bucket-handle tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, unspecified knee
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMunspecified
S83.202 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for bucket-handle tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, unspecified knee. 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 S83
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S83.202 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.
Code to one of these instead S83.202
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S83.202ABucket-handle tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, unspecified knee, initial encounter
- S83.202DBucket-handle tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, unspecified knee, subsequent encounter
- S83.202SBucket-handle tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, unspecified knee, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S83.20. If S83.202 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S83.200Bucket-handle tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, right knee
- S83.201Bucket-handle tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, left knee
- S83.203Other tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, right knee
- S83.204Other tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, left knee
- S83.205Other tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, unspecified knee
- S83.206Unspecified tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, right knee
- S83.207Unspecified tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, left knee
- S83.209Unspecified tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, unspecified knee
Questions about S83.202
- Is S83.202 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S83.202 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S83.202 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).