S83. 241 - Other tear of medial meniscus, current injury, right knee. ICD-10-CM.
ICD-10-CM Code for Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on specified body systems Z48. 81.
S83. 281A - Other tear of lateral meniscus, current injury, right knee [initial encounter] | ICD-10-CM.
Tear of meniscus, current injury S83. 2-
ICD-10-CM Code for Encounter for other orthopedic aftercare Z47. 89.
Other specified postprocedural statesICD-10 code Z98. 890 for Other specified postprocedural states is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
ICD-10-CM Code for Other tear of medial meniscus, current injury, left knee, initial encounter S83. 242A.
Anatomy and Physiology. Internal derangement of the knee is a mechanical disorder of the knee which interferes with normal joint motion and/or mobility. A fragment of soft tissue or bone that suddenly becomes interposed between the articular surfaces is the classic cause of internal derangement.
Conservative treatment — such as rest, ice and medication — is sometimes enough to relieve the pain of a torn meniscus and give the injury time to heal on its own. In other cases, however, a torn meniscus requires surgery.
Superficial injury of knee and lower leg ICD-10-CM S80. 912A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0):
562 Pain in left knee.
Overview. Arthroscopic meniscectomy is an outpatient minimally invasive surgical procedure used to treat a torn meniscus cartilage in the knee. The meniscus is often torn as a result of sport-related injury in athletic individuals. Only the torn segment of the meniscus is removed.
Z aftercare codes are used in office follow-up situations in which the initial treatment of a disease is complete and the patient requires continued care during the healing or recovery phase or for long-term consequences of the disease.
ICD-10-CM Code for Complication of surgical and medical care, unspecified, initial encounter T88. 9XXA.
ICD-10 Code for Disruption of external operation (surgical) wound, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter- T81. 31XA- Codify by AAPC.
K91.5ICD-10 code K91. 5 for Postcholecystectomy syndrome is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the digestive system .
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM S83.242A became effective on October 1, 2021.
Use secondary code (s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code. Type 1 Excludes.
Other tear of medial meniscus, current injury, unspecified knee, initial encounter 1 S83.249A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. 2 #N#Short description: Oth tear of medial meniscus, current injury, unsp knee, init#N#The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S83.249A became effective on October 1, 2020.#N#This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S83.249A - other international versions of ICD-10 S83.249A may differ.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM S83.249A became effective on October 1, 2021.
Use secondary code (s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code. Type 1 Excludes.
For example, if you were treating a patient who had a total knee replacement, you would want to submit Z47.1, Aftercare following joint replacement surgery, as well as Z96.651 (to indicate that the joint replaced was the knee). Taking this one step further, let’s say the patient was receiving treatment for gait abnormality following a total knee replacement of the right knee due to osteoarthritis in that knee. Let’s also assume that, as a result of the surgery, the patient is no longer suffering from osteoarthritis. The appropriate codes for this scenario, according to this presentation, would be:
Remember, there are a number of orthopedic aftercare codes for specific surgeries—all of which you can find in the ICD-10 tabular list under Z47, Orthopedic aftercare.
If the line between acceptable and unacceptable uses of aftercare codes still seems a bit fuzzy, just remember that in most cases, you should only use aftercare codes if there’s no other way for you to express that a patient is on the “after” side of an aforementioned “before-and-after” event.
You should add any comorbidities that may impact the rehab episode of care. You should not include osteoarthritis in the diagnostic set unless it affects other joints that will affect the episode." I hope that's helpful!
Z codes also apply to post-op care when the condition that precipitated the surgery no longer exists —but the patient still requires therapeutic care to return to a healthy level of function. In situations like these, ICD-10 provides a few coding options, including:
If there are no other codes that could further describe the patient's condition or the need for the total joint arthroplasty, then you could stick with the two Z codes. However, if you can include additional codes, we always advise doing so. I hope that helps!
In many cases, yes; a patient who undergoes surgery mid-plan of care should receive a re-evaluation. However, per the above-linked article, "some commercial payers may consider the post-op treatment period a new episode of care, in which case you’d need to use an evaluation code.".