Fracture of lower leg, including ankle
Requires 7th character
S82 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- fracture of malleolus
- Note: Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
- Note: A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
- Note: A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
- Note: The open fracture designations are based on the Gustilo open fracture classification
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- traumatic amputation of lower leg (S88.-)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- injuries of ankle and foot, except fracture of ankle and malleolus (S90-S99)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
- fracture of foot, except ankle (S92.-)
- periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic ankle joint (M97.2)
- periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic implant of knee joint (M97.1-)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
7th character
This code requires a 7th character. Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter for closed fracture |
| B | initial encounter for open fracture type I or II |
| C | initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC |
| D | subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing |
| E | subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing |
| F | subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing |
| G | subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing |
| H | subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing |
| J | subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing |
| K | subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion |
| M | subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion |
| N | subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion |
| P | subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion |
| Q | subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion |
| R | subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion |
| S | sequela |
More specific codes S82
- S82.0Fracture of patellaNeeds 7th char
- S82.1Fracture of upper end of tibiaNeeds 7th char
- S82.2Fracture of shaft of tibiaNeeds 7th char
- S82.3Fracture of lower end of tibiaNeeds 7th char
- S82.4Fracture of shaft of fibulaNeeds 7th char
- S82.5Fracture of medial malleolusNeeds 7th char
- S82.6Fracture of lateral malleolusNeeds 7th char
- S82.8Other fractures of lower legNeeds 7th char
- S82.9Unspecified fracture of lower legNeeds 7th char
Related codes
- S80Superficial injury of knee and lower legNeeds 7th char
- S81Open wound of knee and lower legNeeds 7th char
- S83Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of kneeNeeds 7th char
- S84Injury of nerves at lower leg levelNeeds 7th char
- S85Injury of blood vessels at lower leg levelNeeds 7th char
- S86Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg levelNeeds 7th char
- S87Crushing injury of lower legNeeds 7th char
- S88Traumatic amputation of lower legNeeds 7th char
- S89Other and unspecified injuries of lower legNeeds 7th char