S91.002 is the authoritative medical code for Unspecified open wound, left ankle. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for unspecified open wound, left ankle (ICD-10-CM S91.002), 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 S91.002 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
Additional codes that may be required to fully describe the encounter.
No. S91.002 (Unspecified open wound, left ankle) 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 S91.
Per Excludes1 instructions, S91.002 must not be reported with: open fracture of ankle, foot and toes (S92.-with 7th character B); traumatic amputation of ankle and foot (S98.-).
Per Excludes2 instructions, S91.002 and the following may both be reported when both are present: burns and corrosions (T20-T32); fracture of ankle and malleolus (S82.-); frostbite (T33-T34); insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4).
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as S91.002, with their registry titles.
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