Injury of muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level
Requires 7th character
S96 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.
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 (S91.-)
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 S96
- S96.0Injury of muscle and tendon of long flexor muscle of toe at ankle and foot levelNeeds 7th char
- S96.1Injury of muscle and tendon of long extensor muscle of toe at ankle and foot levelNeeds 7th char
- S96.2Injury of intrinsic muscle and tendon at ankle and foot levelNeeds 7th char
- S96.8Injury of other specified muscles and tendons at ankle and foot levelNeeds 7th char
- S96.9Injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at ankle and foot levelNeeds 7th char
Related codes
- S90Superficial injury of ankle, foot and toesNeeds 7th char
- S91Open wound of ankle, foot and toesNeeds 7th char
- S92Fracture of foot and toe, except ankleNeeds 7th char
- S93Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at ankle, foot and toe levelNeeds 7th char
- S94Injury of nerves at ankle and foot levelNeeds 7th char
- S95Injury of blood vessels at ankle and foot levelNeeds 7th char
- S97Crushing injury of ankle and footNeeds 7th char
- S98Traumatic amputation of ankle and footNeeds 7th char
- S99Other and unspecified injuries of ankle and footHeader