Kodex

Section

S79.00

Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of femur

Hierarchy

S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- S70-S79 Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)
  - 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
        
        S79.002 Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of left femur
        
        S79.009 Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of unspecified femur

Notes

A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed

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.

Use Additional

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

Excludes 1

apophyseal fracture of upper end of femur (S72.13-)
- S72.13 Apophyseal fracture of femur
nontraumatic slipped upper femoral epiphysis (M93.0-)
- M93.0 Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic)

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

Excludes 2

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