ICD-10-CM Code S78.9
Traumatic amputation of hip and thigh, level unspecified
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 S78.9 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of S78.9 that describes the diagnosis 'traumatic amputation of hip and thigh, level unspecified' in more detail.
Parent Code: S78 - Traumatic amputation of hip and thigh