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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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S78-
Traumatic amputation of hip and thigh
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S78.1
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S78.1
Traumatic amputation at level between hip and knee
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S78.1 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S78.1 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S78.1 - other international versions of ICD-10 S78.1 may differ.
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as S78.1. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
The following code(s) above
S78.1 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
S78.1:
- 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
- S78
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S78
Traumatic amputation of hip and thigh
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- An amputation not identified as partial or complete should be coded to complete
Type 1 Excludes- traumatic amputation of knee (S88.0-)
- 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 S78.1
S78.022 Partial traumatic amputation at left hip joint
S78.029 Partial traumatic amputation at unspecified hip joint
S78.1
Traumatic amputation at level between hip and knee
S78.11 Complete traumatic amputation at level between hip and knee
S78.111 Complete traumatic amputation at level between right hip and knee
S78.112 Complete traumatic amputation at level between left hip and knee
S78.119 Complete traumatic amputation at level between unspecified hip and knee
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
