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S72Fracture 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)

Valid 7th Characters

A	initial encounter for closed fracture
B	initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
C	initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
D	subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
E	subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
F	subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
G	subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
H	subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
J	subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
K	subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
M	subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
N	subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
P	subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
Q	subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
R	subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
S	sequela

Coding Notes

Excludes1 (never code both together)

traumatic amputation of hip and thigh (S78.-)

Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)

fracture of lower leg and ankle (S82.-)
fracture of foot (S92.-)
periprosthetic fracture of prosthetic implant of hip (M97.0-)

Note

A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
The open fracture designations are based on the Gustilo open fracture classification

7th Character Note

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to all codes from category S72
initial encounter for open fracture NOS

Subcategories (7)

S72.0 Fracture of head and neck of femur
S72.1 Pertrochanteric fracture
S72.2 Subtrochanteric fracture of femur
S72.3 Fracture of shaft of femur
S72.4 Fracture of lower end of femur
S72.8 Other fracture of femur
S72.9 Unspecified fracture of femur

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