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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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S79-
Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S79
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S79
Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S79 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 S79 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S79 - other international versions of ICD-10 S79 may differ.
Note- A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
The following code(s) above
S79 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
S79:
- 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 S79
S78.922 Partial traumatic amputation of left hip and thigh, level unspecified
S78.929 Partial traumatic amputation of unspecified hip and thigh, level unspecified
S79
Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh
S79.0 Physeal fracture of upper end of femur
S79.00 Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of femur
S79.001 Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of right femur
S79.001A …… initial encounter for closed fracture
S79.001D …… subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
S79.001G …… subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
S79.001K …… subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
S79.001P …… subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
S79.002 Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of left femur
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
