kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

S79.1

Physeal fracture of lower 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
        • S79.1 Physeal fracture of lower end of femur
          • S79.10 Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of femur
          • S79.11 Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of femur
          • S79.12 Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of lower end of femur
          • S79.13 Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture of lower end of femur
          • S79.14 Salter-Harris Type IV physeal fracture of lower end of femur
          • S79.19 Other physeal fracture of lower end of femur

Notes

S79

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

S00-T88

  • 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

S00-T88

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

Excludes 1

S00-T88

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

Excludes 2

S70-S79

  • 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