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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S79.922S
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S79.922S
Unspecified injury of left thigh, sequela
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
- S79.922S 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 S79.922S became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S79.922S - other international versions of ICD-10 S79.922S may differ.
The following code(s) above
S79.922S 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
S79.922S:
- S00-T88
2023 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.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - S70-S79
2023 ICD-10-CM Range S70-S79
Injuries to the hip and thigh
Injuries to the hip and thigh - S79
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S79
Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Note- A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh
Present On AdmissionPOA 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.
- S79.922S is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM S79.922S is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
- 913 Traumatic injury with mcc
- 914 Traumatic injury without mcc
Convert S79.922S 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 S79.922S
S79.92 Unspecified injury of thigh
S79.921 Unspecified injury of right thigh
S79.922 Unspecified injury of left thigh
S79.922S
…… sequela
S79.929 Unspecified injury of unspecified thigh
S80 Superficial injury of knee and lower leg
S80.00 Contusion of unspecified knee
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.