S85.399A Other specified injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg level, unspecified leg, initial encounter

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Built from S85.399 with 7th character A (initial encounter).

Applies from S85 Injury of blood vessels at lower leg level

Excludes2 (not included here)

• injury of blood vessels at ankle and foot level (S95.-)

Code also

• any associated open wound (S81.-)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S85

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Applies from S85.3 Injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg level

Applicable to

• Injury of greater saphenous vein NOS
• Injury of saphenous vein NOS

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Unspecified code (laterality): Unspecified codes for which a more specific code identifying laterality (right, left, bilateral) exists within the same code family.

Code annotations containing back-references to S85.399A

Back-references to S85.3

• Type 1 Excludes: S75.2 Injury of greater saphenous vein at hip and thigh level ("greater saphenous vein NOS (S85.3)")

Back-references to S85

• Type 2 Excludes: M23 Internal derangement of knee ("current injury - see injury of knee and lower leg (S80-S89)")
• Type 2 Excludes: S75 Injury of blood vessels at hip and thigh level ("injury of blood vessels at lower leg level (S85.-)")

Nearby codes

• S85.392 Other specified injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg level, left leg
• S85.392A Other specified injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg level, left leg, initial encounter
• S85.392D Other specified injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg level, left leg, subsequent encounter
• S85.392S Other specified injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg level, left leg, sequela
• S85.399 Other specified injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg level, unspecified leg
• S85.399A Other specified injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg level, unspecified leg, initial encounter (this code)
• S85.399D Other specified injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg level, unspecified leg, subsequent encounter
• S85.399S Other specified injury of greater saphenous vein at lower leg level, unspecified leg, sequela
• S85.4 Injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level
• S85.40 Unspecified injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level
• S85.401 Unspecified injury of lesser saphenous vein at lower leg level, right leg