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S72.02Fracture of epiphysis (separation) (upper) of femur

ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)

Code Details

Billable	No — use a more specific child code
Chapter	Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section	Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)
Parent code	S72.0 — Fracture of head and neck of femur

Coding Notes

Inclusion Terms

Transepiphyseal fracture of femur

Excludes1 (never code both together)

capital femoral epiphyseal fracture (pediatric) of femur (S79.01-)
Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of femur (S79.01-)

Subcategories (6)

S72.021 Disp fx of epiphysis (separation) (upper) of right femur
S72.022 Disp fx of epiphysis (separation) (upper) of left femur
S72.023 Disp fx of epiphysis (separation) (upper) of unsp femur
S72.024 Nondisp fx of epiphysis (separation) (upper) of right femur
S72.025 Nondisp fx of epiphysis (separation) (upper) of left femur
S72.026 Nondisp fx of epiphysis (separation) (upper) of unsp femur

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