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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 S78.919A
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S78.919A
Complete traumatic amputation of unspecified hip and thigh, level unspecified, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- S78.919A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Complete traum amp of unsp hip and thigh, level unsp, init
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S78.919A became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S78.919A - other international versions of ICD-10 S78.919A may differ.
The following code(s) above
S78.919A 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
S78.919A:
- 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-)
- 913 Traumatic injury with mcc
- 914 Traumatic injury without mcc
- 963 Other multiple significant trauma with mcc
- 964 Other multiple significant trauma with cc
- 965 Other multiple significant trauma without cc/mcc
Convert S78.919A 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 S78.919A
S78.91 Complete traumatic amputation of hip and thigh, level unspecified
S78.911 Complete traumatic amputation of right hip and thigh, level unspecified
S78.912 Complete traumatic amputation of left hip and thigh, level unspecified
S78.919 Complete traumatic amputation of unspecified hip and thigh, level unspecified
S78.919A
…… initial encounter
S78.92 Partial traumatic amputation of hip and thigh, level unspecified
S78.921 Partial traumatic amputation of right hip and thigh, level unspecified
S78.922 Partial traumatic amputation of left hip and thigh, level unspecified
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
