S81.00

Non-billable

Unspecified open wound of knee

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)

S81.0Open wound of kneeCategory→S81.01Laceration without foreign body of kneeCategory→S81.02Laceration with foreign body of kneeCategory→S81.03Puncture wound without foreign body of kneeCategory→S81.04Puncture wound with foreign body of kneeCategory→S81.05Open bite of kneeCategory→S81.001Unspecified open wound, right kneeCategory→S81.002Unspecified open wound, left kneeCategory→S81.009Unspecified open wound, unspecified kneeCategory→

Chapter Information

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

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S81.00

Open wound of knee

Laceration without foreign body of knee

Laceration with foreign body of knee

Puncture wound without foreign body of knee

Puncture wound with foreign body of knee

Open bite of knee

Unspecified open wound, right knee

Unspecified open wound, left knee

Unspecified open wound, unspecified knee