S80.87Other superficial bite of lower leg

S80.87 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other superficial bite of lower leg. 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 S80.8, choose S80.87 (Other superficial bite of lower leg) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: abrasion of lower leg (S80.81), Blister (nonthermal) of lower leg (S80.82), external constriction of lower leg (S80.84), superficial foreign body of lower leg (S80.85) and insect bite (nonvenomous) of lower leg (S80.86).

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.

Don't report S80.87 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: open bite of lower leg (S81.85-).

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