S83.212
S83.212: Bucket-handle tear of medial meniscus, current injury, left knee
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft
S83.212 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for bucket-handle tear of medial meniscus, current injury, left 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
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S83.212
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S83.212
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on S83: Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of knee
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S83.212
3 child codes. Green means billable.