Contusion of lower leg. ICD-9-CM 924.10 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 924.10 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015.
Diagnosis Code 924.5. ICD-9: 924.5. Short Description: Contusion leg NOS. Long Description: Contusion of unspecified part of lower limb. This is the 2014 version of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 924.5.
ICD-9 code 924.1 for Contusion of knee and lower leg is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -CONTUSION WITH INTACT SKIN SURFACE (920-924). Subscribe to Codify and get the code details in a flash. Request a Demo 14 Day Free Trial Buy Now
924.5 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of contusion of unspecified part of lower limb. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent. The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
S80.11XAICD-10 code S80. 11XA for Contusion of right lower leg, initial encounter is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .
S80.12XA12XA.
Unspecified injury of unspecified lower leg, initial encounter. S89. 90XA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM S89.
R23. 3 - Spontaneous ecchymoses | ICD-10-CM.
A bruise, also known as a contusion, typically appears on the skin after trauma such as a blow to the body. It occurs when the small veins and capillaries under the skin break. A hematoma is a collection (or pooling) of blood outside the blood vessel.
2015/16 ICD-10-CM T14. 8 Other injury of unspecified body region.
S89.92XAS89. 92XA - Unspecified injury of left lower leg [initial encounter]. ICD-10-CM.
T14.90ICD-10 Code for Injury, unspecified- T14. 90- Codify by AAPC.
606.
A contusion, or bruise, is caused by a direct blow to the body that can cause damage to the surface of the skin and to deeper tissues as well depending on the severity of the blow.
"Easy bruising" is usually coded as ecchymosis - 459.89 or 782.7.
(EH-kih-MOH-sis) A small bruise caused by blood leaking from broken blood vessels into the tissues of the skin or mucous membranes.
924.5 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of contusion of unspecified part of lower limb. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
A bruise is a mark on your skin caused by blood trapped under the surface. It happens when an injury crushes small blood vessels but does not break the skin. Those vessels break open and leak blood under the skin.