S80.81

Non-billable

Abrasion of lower leg

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

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

More Specific Codes (9)

S80.8Other superficial injuries of lower legCategory→S80.82Blister (nonthermal) of lower legCategory→S80.84External constriction of lower legCategory→S80.85Superficial foreign body of lower legCategory→S80.86Insect bite (nonvenomous) of lower legCategory→S80.87Other superficial bite of lower legCategory→S80.811Abrasion, right lower legCategory→S80.812Abrasion, left lower legCategory→S80.819Abrasion, unspecified lower legCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

View full chapter

Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S80.81

Other superficial injuries of lower leg

Blister (nonthermal) of lower leg

External constriction of lower leg

Superficial foreign body of lower leg

Insect bite (nonvenomous) of lower leg

Other superficial bite of lower leg

Abrasion, right lower leg

Abrasion, left lower leg

Abrasion, unspecified lower leg