S83.22
S83.22 — Peripheral tear of medial meniscus, current injury
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S83.22 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for peripheral tear of medial meniscus, current injury. 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
S83.22 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 S83.22
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S83.2. If S83.22 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S83.20Tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury
- S83.21Bucket-handle tear of medial meniscus, current injury
- S83.23Complex tear of medial meniscus, current injury
- S83.24Other tear of medial meniscus, current injury
- S83.25Bucket-handle tear of lateral meniscus, current injury
- S83.26Peripheral tear of lateral meniscus, current injury
- S83.27Complex tear of lateral meniscus, current injury
- S83.28Other tear of lateral meniscus, current injury
Questions about S83.22
- Is S83.22 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S83.22 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S83.22 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).