Excludes2

  • 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)
  1. S87 Crushing injury of lower leg

    Use additional code(s) for all associated injuries

    Excludes2

    • crushing injury of ankle and foot (S97.-)

    The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S87

    • A - initial encounter
    • D - subsequent encounter
    • S - sequela
    1. S87.0 Crushing injury of knee

      1. S87.00 Crushing injury of unspecified knee

      2. S87.01 Crushing injury of right knee

      3. S87.02 Crushing injury of left knee

    2. S87.8 Crushing injury of lower leg

      1. S87.80 Crushing injury of unspecified lower leg

      2. S87.81 Crushing injury of right lower leg

      3. S87.82 Crushing injury of left lower leg

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.