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Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 836.1
Tear of lateral cartilage or meniscus of knee, current
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Tear lat menisc knee-cur.
  • ICD-9-CM 836.1 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 836.1 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 836.1.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 836.1: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 836.1 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S83.289A Other tear of lateral meniscus, current injury, unspecified knee, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acute meniscal tear, lateral
  • Acute tear knee, lateral meniscus
  • Current bucket handle tear of lateral meniscus of left knee
  • Current bucket handle tear of lateral meniscus of right knee
  • Current complex tear of lateral meniscus of left knee
  • Current complex tear of lateral meniscus of right knee
  • Current left knee bucket handle lateral meniscus tear
  • Current left knee complex lateral meniscus tear
  • Current left knee lateral meniscus tear
  • Current left knee peripheral lateral meniscus tear
  • Current peripheral tear of lateral meniscus of left knee
  • Current peripheral tear of lateral meniscus of right knee
  • Current right knee bucket handle lateral meniscus tear
  • Current right knee complex lateral meniscus tear
  • Current right knee lateral meniscus tear
  • Current right knee peripheral lateral meniscus tear
  • Current tear knee, lateral meniscus
  • Current tear of lateral meniscus of left knee
  • Current tear of lateral meniscus of right knee
  • Tear of lateral meniscus of knee
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 836.1:
 836.0 ICD9Data.com 836.2 
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