S87 is the authoritative medical code for Crushing injury of lower leg. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for crushing injury of lower leg (ICD-10-CM S87), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for S87 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.
No. S87 (Crushing injury of lower leg) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.
Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S87; A: initial encounter; D: subsequent encounter; S: sequela.
Per Excludes2 instructions, S87 and the following may both be reported when both are present: crushing injury of ankle and foot (S97.-); burns and corrosions (T20-T32); frostbite (T33-T34); injuries of ankle and foot, except fracture of ankle and malleolus (S90-S99).
Use additional code(s) to specify: code(s) for all associated injuries.
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as S87, with their registry titles.
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