S80.252Superficial foreign body, left knee

S80.252 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for superficial foreign body, left knee. It belongs to category S80 (superficial injury of knee and lower leg), block S80-S89 (injuries to the knee and lower leg) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S80.25 (superficial foreign body of knee), S80.252 is specifically for superficial foreign body, left knee. Related codes cover right knee (S80.251) and unspecified knee (S80.259).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.