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2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 844.8
Sprain of other specified sites of knee and leg
- Short description: Sprain of knee & leg NEC.
- ICD-9-CM 844.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
- You are viewing the 2010 version of ICD-9-CM 844.8.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 844.8: 2011 2012 2013.
844.8 Alternative Terminology
- Avulsion of tibial attachment
- Strain of calf muscle
- Strain of patellar tendon
- Traumatic rupture of patellar tendon
- Traumatic rupture of quadriceps tendon
Convert 844.8 to ICD-10-CM 

ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 844.8:
- Rupture, ruptured 553.9

tendon (traumatic) - see also Sprain, by site
with open wound - see Wound, open, by site
Achilles 845.09


nontraumatic 727.67

ankle 845.09


nontraumatic 727.68

biceps (long bead) 840.8


nontraumatic 727.62

foot 845.10

hand 842.10

nontraumatic 727.60


specified site NEC 727.69

patellar 844.8

nontraumatic 727.66

quadriceps 844.8

nontraumatic 727.65

rotator cuff (capsule) 840.4


nontraumatic, complete 727.61

wrist 842.00
- Sprain, strain (joint) (ligament) (muscle) (tendon) 848.9

cartilage
coronary, knee 844.8
internal
meniscus
patella(r) 844.8
old 717.89
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