S96.8
S96.8 — Injury of other specified muscles and tendons at ankle and foot level
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S96.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of other specified muscles and tendons at ankle and foot 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 S96
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S96.8 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 S96.8
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- S96.80Unspecified injury of other specified muscles and tendons at ankle and foot level
- S96.81Strain of other specified muscles and tendons at ankle and foot level
- S96.82Laceration of other specified muscles and tendons at ankle and foot level
- S96.89Other specified injury of other specified muscles and tendons at ankle and foot level
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S96. If S96.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S96.0Injury of muscle and tendon of long flexor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level
- S96.1Injury of muscle and tendon of long extensor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level
- S96.2Injury of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level
- S96.9Injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level
Questions about S96.8
- Is S96.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S96.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S96.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the ankle and foot (S90-S99).