DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

S87 Crushing injury of lower leg

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

S87 is not billable. The category heads 18 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 2 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

Index → code

  • Crush, crushed, crushingknee → S87.0-
  • Crush, crushed, crushingleg (lower) → S87.8-

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  2. S80-S89 Injuries to the knee and lower leg (S80-S89)
  3. S87 Crushing injury of lower leg
Billable codes
18
Subdivisions
2
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
2

Codes in S87

  1. S87.0
    Crushing injury of knee
    Header
  2. S87.00
    Crushing injury of unspecified knee +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  3. S87.01
    Crushing injury of right knee +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  4. S87.02
    Crushing injury of left knee +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  5. S87.8
    Crushing injury of lower leg
    Header
  6. S87.80
    Crushing injury of unspecified lower leg +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  7. S87.81
    Crushing injury of right lower leg +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  8. S87.82
    Crushing injury of left lower leg +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters

Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.

Instructions

At S87

Excludes2

  • crushing injury of ankle and foot (S97.-) S97

Use additional code

  • code(s) for all associated injuries

Notes that also apply

Block S80-S89 instructions (Excludes2 4): printed on the block page.

Chapter 19 instructions (Notes 2, Excludes2 2, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 19 page.

7th characters

7th characters for S87 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S87

7th characters for S87
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.

Index entries

  • Crush, crushed, crushingknee → S87.0-
  • Crush, crushed, crushingleg (lower) → S87.8-

NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.

Hierarchy