S81.8

Non-billable

Open wound 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 (6)

S81.80Unspecified open wound of lower legCategory→S81.81Laceration without foreign body of lower legCategory→S81.82Laceration with foreign body of lower legCategory→S81.83Puncture wound without foreign body of lower legCategory→S81.84Puncture wound with foreign body of lower legCategory→S81.85Open bite of lower legCategory→

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 S81.8

Unspecified open wound of lower leg

Laceration without foreign body of lower leg

Laceration with foreign body of lower leg

Puncture wound without foreign body of lower leg

Puncture wound with foreign body of lower leg

Open bite of lower leg