S85

Injury of blood vessels at lower leg level

Requires 7th character

S85 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.

Inclusion terms

Includes

  • 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.

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)
  • injury of blood vessels at ankle and foot level (S95.-)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

Code also

An additional code may be needed.

  • any associated open wound (S81.-)

7th character

This code requires a 7th character. Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.

CharacterMeaning
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

More specific codes S85

  • S85.0Injury of popliteal arteryNeeds 7th char
  • S85.1Injury of tibial arteryNeeds 7th char
  • S85.2Injury of peroneal arteryNeeds 7th char
  • S85.3Injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg levelNeeds 7th char
  • S85.4Injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg levelNeeds 7th char
  • S85.5Injury of popliteal veinNeeds 7th char
  • S85.8Injury of other blood vessels at lower leg levelNeeds 7th char
  • S85.9Injury of unspecified blood vessel at lower leg levelNeeds 7th char

Related codes

  • S80Superficial injury of knee and lower legNeeds 7th char
  • S81Open wound of knee and lower legNeeds 7th char
  • S82Fracture of lower leg, including ankleNeeds 7th char
  • S83Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of kneeNeeds 7th char
  • S84Injury of nerves 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

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