ICD-10-CM Code S72.9
Unspecified fracture of femur
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
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 S72.9 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of S72.9 that describes the diagnosis 'unspecified fracture of femur' in more detail.
- S72.9 Unspecified fracture of femur NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code S72 is used to code Femoral fracture
A femoral fracture is a bone fracture that involves the femur.
| MeSH Code: | 68005264 |
Coding Notes for S72.9 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Inclusion Terms:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive. - Fracture of thigh NOS
- Fracture of upper leg NOS
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Fracture of hip NOS (S72.00-, S72.01-) - instead, use code S72.00-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S72.9 - Unspecified fracture of femur'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S72.9. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: S72 - Fracture of femur