Is S88.111 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. S88.111 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does S88.111 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).

What cannot be coded together with S88.111?

S88.111 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above S88.111 (S88) and apply to it just the same.

S88.111

S88.111 — Complete traumatic amputation at level between knee and ankle, right lower leg

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright

S88.111 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for complete traumatic amputation at level between knee and ankle, right lower 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 S88

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S88.111

These are not written on S88.111, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing S88.111 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on S88 — Traumatic amputation of lower leg

traumatic amputation of ankle and foot (S98.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with S88.111

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S88.111. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S88.111 alone.

S81Open wound of knee and lower leg
S82Fracture of lower leg, including ankle

Risk adjustment

S88.111 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 history

S88.111 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead S88.111

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share S88.11. If S88.111 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about S88.111

Is S88.111 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. S88.111 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S88.111 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).
What cannot be coded together with S88.111?: S88.111 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above S88.111 (S88) and apply to it just the same.