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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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S70-S79
Injuries to the hip and thigh
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S70-
Superficial injury of hip and thigh
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S70.279S
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S70.279S
Other superficial bite of hip, unspecified hip, sequela
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
- S70.279S is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S70.279S became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S70.279S - other international versions of ICD-10 S70.279S may differ.
The following code(s) above
S70.279S contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
S70.279S:
- S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
Use Additional- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- S70-S79
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S70-S79
Injuries to the hip and thigh
- S70.27
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S70.27
Other superficial bite of hip
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
POA Help
"Present On Admission" is defined as present at the time the order for inpatient admission occurs — conditions that develop during an outpatient encounter, including emergency department, observation, or outpatient surgery, are considered POA.
- S70.279S is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM S70.279S is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 604 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast with mcc
- 605 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast without mcc
Convert S70.279S to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S70.279S
S70.272 Other superficial bite of hip, left hip
S70.279 Other superficial bite of hip, unspecified hip
S70.279S
…… sequela
S70.3 Other superficial injuries of thigh
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
