S86.8
Injury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Hierarchy
Where S86.8 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.
- S86 Parent Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level
- S86.8 This code Injury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.
Excludes2
injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at ankle ( S96 .-)
Inherited from S86 — Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S86
Inherited from S86 — Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level
7th Character
A - initial encounter
Inherited from S86 — Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level
7th Character
D - subsequent encounter
Inherited from S86 — Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level
7th Character
S - sequela
Inherited from S86 — Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at lower leg level
More Specific Codes
4 codes under S86.8
- S86.80 Unspecified injury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level Has subcodes
- S86.81 Strain of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level Has subcodes
- S86.82 Laceration of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level Has subcodes
- S86.89 Other injury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level Has subcodes
Version History
How S86.8 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentInjury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedInjury of other muscles and tendons at lower leg level
Related Codes
Other codes under S86
- S86.0 Injury of Achilles tendon
- S86.1 Injury of other muscle(s) and tendon(s) of posterior muscle group at lower leg level
- S86.2 Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of anterior muscle group at lower leg level
- S86.3 Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of peroneal muscle group at lower leg level
- S86.9 Injury of unspecified muscle and tendon at lower leg level
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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