Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level
Requires 7th character
S86 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 muscle, fascia and tendon at ankle (S96.-)
- injury of patellar ligament (tendon) (S76.1-)
- sprain of joints and ligaments of knee (S83.-)
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.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
More specific codes S86
- S86.0Injury of Achilles tendonNeeds 7th char
- S86.1Injury of other muscle(s) and tendon(s) of posterior muscle group at lower leg levelNeeds 7th char
- S86.2Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of anterior muscle group at lower leg levelNeeds 7th char
- S86.3Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group at lower leg levelNeeds 7th char
- S86.8Injury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg levelNeeds 7th char
- S86.9Injury of unspecified muscle and tendon 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
- S85Injury of blood vessels 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