S85.992
S85.992 — Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at lower leg level, left leg
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft
S85.992 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at lower leg level, left leg. 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
S85.992 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 S85.992
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S85.992AOther specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at lower leg level, left leg, initial encounter
- S85.992DOther specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at lower leg level, left leg, subsequent encounter
- S85.992SOther specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at lower leg level, left leg, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S85.99. If S85.992 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S85.992
- Is S85.992 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S85.992 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S85.992 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).