S85.0
S85.0 — Injury of popliteal artery
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S85.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of popliteal artery. 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 S85
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S85.0 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 S85.0
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S85. If S85.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S85.1Injury of tibial artery
- S85.2Injury of peroneal artery
- S85.3Injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg level
- S85.4Injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level
- S85.5Injury of popliteal vein
- S85.8Injury of other blood vessels at lower leg level
- S85.9Injury of unspecified blood vessel at lower leg level
Questions about S85.0
- Is S85.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S85.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S85.0 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).