Is S89.132 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. S89.132 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does S89.132 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 S89.132?

S89.132 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 S89.132 (S89.13) and apply to it just the same.

S89.132

S89.132 — Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture of lower end of left tibia

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft

S89.132 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for salter-harris type iii physeal fracture of lower end of left tibia. 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 subcategories S89.0, S89.1, S89.2, and S89.3

A: initial encounter for closed fracture
D: subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
G: subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
K: subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
P: subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
S: sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S89.132

These are not written on S89.132, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing S89.132 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on S89.13 — Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture of lower end of tibia

fracture of medial malleolus (adult) (S82.5-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S89.132

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of S89.132, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on S89 — Other and unspecified injuries of lower leg

other and unspecified injuries of ankle and foot (S99.-)

Risk adjustment

S89.132 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

S89.132 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 S89.132

6 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share S89.13. If S89.132 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about S89.132

Is S89.132 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. S89.132 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S89.132 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 S89.132?: S89.132 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 S89.132 (S89.13) and apply to it just the same.