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S72.44Fracture of lower epiphysis (separation) 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	S72.4 — Fracture of lower end of femur

Coding Notes

Excludes1 (never code both together)

Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of femur (S79.11-)

Subcategories (6)

S72.441 Disp fx of lower epiphysis (separation) of right femur
S72.442 Disp fx of lower epiphysis (separation) of left femur
S72.443 Disp fx of lower epiphysis (separation) of unspecified femur
S72.444 Nondisp fx of lower epiphysis (separation) of right femur
S72.445 Nondisp fx of lower epiphysis (separation) of left femur
S72.446 Nondisp fx of lower epiphysis (separation) of unsp femur

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