Knee, leg, ankle, and foot injury Short description: Lower leg injury NOS. ICD-9-CM 959.7 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 959.7 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015.
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Knee, leg, ankle, and foot injury. Short description: Lower leg injury NOS. ICD-9-CM 959.7 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 959.7 should only be used for claims with a date of …
719.47. ICD-9-CM codes are used in medical billing and coding to describe diseases, injuries, symptoms and conditions. ICD-9-CM 719.46 is one of thousands of ICD-9-CM codes used in healthcare. Although ICD-9-CM and CPT codes are largely numeric, they differ in that CPT codes describe medical procedures and services.
S80.911 Unspecified superficial injury of right knee. S80.911A Unspecified superficial injury of right knee,... S80.911D Unspecified superficial injury of right knee,... S80.911S Unspecified superficial injury of right knee,... S80.912 Unspecified superficial injury of left knee. S80.912A Unspecified superficial injury of left knee, ...
959.4 Hand, except finger injury convert 959.4 to ICD-10-CM; 959.5 Finger injury convert 959.5 to ICD-10-CM; 959.6 Hip and thigh injury convert 959.6 to ICD-10-CM; 959.7 Knee, leg, ankle, and foot injury convert 959.7 to ICD-10-CM; 959.8 Other specified sites, including multiple injury convert 959.8 to ICD-10-CM; 959.9 Unspecified site injury convert 959.9 to ICD-10-CM
This list of codes applies to the Medicare Advantage Policy Guideline titled Knee Orthoses. Approval Date: June 9, 2021
Rheumatoid arthritis of left knee with involvement of other organs and systems
Derangement of anterior horn of medial meniscus due to old tear or injury, right knee
Derangement of unspecified medial meniscus due to old tear or injury, left knee
Derangement of unspecified lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury, right knee
Derangement of anterior horn of lateral meniscus due to old tear or injury, left knee
Use codes M25.561 (ICD 10 code for Right knee pain) and M25.562 (ICD 10 code for Left knee pain) for bilateral knee pain as there is no particular code for bilateral pain.
Knee is one of the biggest joint in body which joints thigh bone (femur) and lower leg joint (tibia). The knee cap is called patella. Tendons (flexible connective tissue) and ligaments (inelastic collagen tissue) help joining these bones and make the knee joint.
There may be need of radiological tests (X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound) or arthrocentesis (lab analysis of knee joint fluid) for further evaluation to check for infections or injury to tendon or ligament.
Knee pain is a symptom; hence follow ICD coding guideline of not coding signs and symptoms when there is a definitive diagnosis made.
Knee pain can be mild, moderate or severe. The reasons for pain can vary such as injury, overuse, infection and inflammation. Sometimes there may be swelling and redness depends on the cause. We need to visit doctor as per the severity and as per how long the pain lasts.
Hoffa’s syndrome is not coded as it is mentioned as “possible”.