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S79.01Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of femur

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

Code Details

BillableNo — use a more specific child code
ChapterChapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
SectionInjuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)
Parent codeS79.0 — Physeal fracture of upper end of femur

Coding Notes

Inclusion Terms

  • Acute on chronic slipped capital femoral epiphysis (traumatic)
  • Acute slipped capital femoral epiphysis (traumatic)
  • Capital femoral epiphyseal fracture

Excludes1 (never code both together)

  • chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic) (M93.02-)

Subcategories (3)

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