Kodex

Section

S75

Injury of blood vessels at hip and thigh level

Hierarchy

S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- S70-S79 Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)
  - S75 Injury of blood vessels at hip and thigh level
    - S75.0 Injury of femoral artery
    - S75.1 Injury of femoral vein at hip and thigh level
    - S75.2 Injury of greater saphenous vein at hip and thigh level
    - S75.8 Injury of other blood vessels at hip and thigh level
    - S75.9 Injury of unspecified blood vessel at hip and thigh level

Notes

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
The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Code Also

S75

any associated open wound (S71.-)
- S71 Open wound of hip and thigh

Use Additional

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes 1

P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

S75

S85 Injury of blood vessels at lower leg level
S85.0 Injury of popliteal artery

T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
snake bite (T63.0-)
- T63.0 Toxic effect of snake venom
venomous insect bite or sting (T63.4-)
- T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods