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S83.20

Non-billable

Tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury

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 (18)

S83.2Tear of meniscus, current injury→S83.21Bucket-handle tear of medial meniscus, current injury→S83.22Peripheral tear of medial meniscus, current injury→S83.23Complex tear of medial meniscus, current injury→S83.24Other tear of medial meniscus, current injury→S83.25Bucket-handle tear of lateral meniscus, current injury→S83.26Peripheral tear of lateral meniscus, current injury→S83.27Complex tear of lateral meniscus, current injury→S83.28Other tear of lateral meniscus, current injury→S83.200Bucket-handle tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, right knee→S83.201Bucket-handle tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, left knee→S83.202Bucket-handle tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, unspecified knee→S83.203Other tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, right knee→S83.204Other tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, left knee→S83.205Other tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, unspecified knee→S83.206Unspecified tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, right knee→S83.207Unspecified tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, left knee→S83.209Unspecified tear of unspecified meniscus, current injury, unspecified knee→