S86

Non-billable

Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level

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

Coding Guidance

S86 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

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)

S86.0Injury of Achilles tendonCategory→S86.1Injury of other muscle(s) and tendon(s) of posterior muscle group at lower leg levelCategory→S86.2Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of anterior muscle group at lower leg levelCategory→S86.3Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group at lower leg levelCategory→S86.8Injury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg levelCategory→S86.9Injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at lower leg levelCategory→

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 S86

Injury of Achilles tendon

S86.0›

Injury of other muscle(s) and tendon(s) of posterior muscle group at lower leg level

S86.1›

Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of anterior muscle group at lower leg level

S86.2›

Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group at lower leg level

S86.3›

Injury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level

S86.8›

Injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at lower leg level

S86.9›