ICD-10-CM Code S70.9
Unspecified superficial injury of hip and thigh
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code S70.9 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of S70.9 that describes the diagnosis 'unspecified superficial injury of hip and thigh' in more detail.
- S70.9 Unspecified superficial injury of hip and thigh NON-BILLABLE
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- S70.911 Unspecified superficial injury of right hip NON-BILLABLE
- S70.912 Unspecified superficial injury of left hip NON-BILLABLE
- S70.919 Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified hip NON-BILLABLE
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- S70.921 Unspecified superficial injury of right thigh NON-BILLABLE
- S70.922 Unspecified superficial injury of left thigh NON-BILLABLE
- S70.929 Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified thigh NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code S70 is used to code Bruise
A bruise, or contusion, is a type of hematoma of tissue in which capillaries and sometimes venules are damaged by trauma, allowing blood to seep, hemorrhage, or extravasate into the surrounding interstitial tissues. Bruises, which do not blanch under pressure, can involve capillaries at the level of skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, or bone. Bruises are not to be confused with other similar-looking lesions primarily distinguished by their by their diameter or causation. These lesions include petechia (< 3 mm result from numerous and diverse etiologies such as adverse reactions from medications such as warfarin, straining, asphyxiation, platelet disorders and diseases such as cytomegalovirus), purpura (3 mm to 1 cm, classified as palpable purpura or non-palpable purpura and indicates various pathologic conditions such as thrombocytopenia), and ecchymosis (>1 cm caused blood dissecting through tissue planes and settled in an area remote from the site of trauma or pathology such as periorbital ecchymosis, i.e.,"raccoon eyes" , arising from a basilar skull fracture or from a neuroblastoma).
Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
MeSH Codes: | D003288, D003288, D003288, D003288, D003288 |
ICD 9 Codes: | 920, 921, 922, 923, 924 |
Bruise on upper leg caused by a blunt object
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Nonvenomous insect bite of thigh with infection (disorder)
- Nonvenomous insect bite of hip with infection (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
Parent Code: S70 - Superficial injury of hip and thigh