S84.80
S84.80 — Injury of other nerves at lower leg level
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S84.80 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of other nerves at lower leg level. 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 S84
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S84.80 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 S84.80
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about S84.80
- Is S84.80 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S84.80 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S84.80 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).