ICD-10-CM Code S79
Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh
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 S79 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of S79 that describes the diagnosis 'other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh' in more detail.
- S79 Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh NON-BILLABLE
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- S79.10 Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of femur NON-BILLABLE
- S79.11 Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of femur NON-BILLABLE
- S79.12 Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of lower end of femur NON-BILLABLE
- S79.13 Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture of lower end of femur NON-BILLABLE
- S79.14 Salter-Harris Type IV physeal fracture of lower end of femur NON-BILLABLE
- S79.19 Other physeal fracture of lower end of femur NON-BILLABLE
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- S79.81 Other specified injuries of hip NON-BILLABLE
- S79.82 Other specified injuries of thigh NON-BILLABLE
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- S79.91 Unspecified injury of hip NON-BILLABLE
- S79.92 Unspecified injury of thigh NON-BILLABLE
Coding Notes for S79 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
- Code Notes:
- A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
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7th Character Extension Notes:
What is 7th Character Extension?
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More Info - The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategories S79.0 and S79.1 See code S79.0