Insect bite (nonvenomous), right lower leg, initial encounter. S80.861A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM S80.861A became effective on October 1, 2018.
S81.85 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S81.85. Open bite of lower leg 2016 2017 2018 2019 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code. Applicable To Bite of lower leg NOS. Type 1 Excludes superficial bite of lower leg (S80.86-, S80.87-) Open bite of lower leg.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM W57.XXXA became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of W57.XXXA - other international versions of ICD-10 W57.XXXA may differ. W57.XXXA describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code W57. XXXA: Bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods, initial encounter.
S80.862AICD-10-CM Code for Insect bite (nonvenomous), left lower leg, initial encounter S80. 862A.
Code W57. XXX- (A, D, or S), bitten or stung by nonvenomous insect and other nonvenomous arthropods, is an external cause code used to describe the cause of an injury or other health condition.
S30.860A860A – Insect Bite (Nonvenomous) of Lower Back and Pelvis, Initial Encounter.
9: Fever, unspecified.
ICD-10 code M79. 604 for Pain in right leg is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Soft tissue disorders .
E/M for the removal of tick if using only a tweezers and 10120 if incision is made.
This time around, “I would code the removal as 10120 [Incision and removal of foreign body, subcutaneous tissues; simple],” says Charles, “as the provider documented that an incision was made to remove the tick.
Ticks are rarely considered as venomous animals despite that tick saliva contains several protein families present in venomous taxa and that many Ixodida genera can induce paralysis and other types of toxicoses.
ICD-10-CM Code for Pruritus, unspecified L29. 9.
ICD-10 code R21 for Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .
In the ICD-10 Index, erythema migrans is linked to A26. 0 for cutaneous erysipeloid which seems to be another specific type of bacterial infection.