ICD-10-CM Codes
S00-T88
S70-S79
S79-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S79.921A

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S79.921A

Unspecified injury of right thigh, initial encounter

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Billable/Specific Code

S79.921A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM S79.921A became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S79.921A - other international versions of ICD-10 S79.921A may differ.

The following code(s) above S79.921A 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 S79.921A:

S00-T88
2023 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Note
- 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
Type 1 Excludes
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Use Additional
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
S70-S79
2023 ICD-10-CM Range S70-S79
Injuries to the hip and thigh
Type 2 Excludes
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- snake bite (T63.0-)
- venomous insect bite or sting (T63.4-)
Injuries to the hip and thigh
S79
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S79
Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh
Note
- A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh

Approximate Synonyms

Right thigh injury

ICD-10-CM S79.921A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

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 S79.921A 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
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S79.921A

S79.912 Unspecified injury of left hip

S79.912A …… initial encounter

S79.912D …… subsequent encounter

S79.912S …… sequela

S79.919 Unspecified injury of unspecified hip

S79.919A …… initial encounter

S79.919D …… subsequent encounter

S79.919S …… sequela

S79.92 Unspecified injury of thigh

S79.921 Unspecified injury of right thigh

S79.921A …… initial encounter

S79.921D …… subsequent encounter

S79.921S …… sequela

S79.922 Unspecified injury of left thigh

S79.922A …… initial encounter

S79.922D …… subsequent encounter

S79.922S …… sequela

S79.929 Unspecified injury of unspecified thigh

S79.929A …… initial encounter

S79.929D …… subsequent encounter

S79.929S …… sequela

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S79.921A

Unspecified injury of right thigh, initial encounter

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Injuries to the hip and thigh

Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh