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ICD-10-CM Code S79.0
Physeal fracture of upper end of femur

NON-BILLABLE
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-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code S79.0 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of S79.0 that describes the diagnosis 'physeal fracture of upper end of femur' in more detail.


Coding Notes for S79.0 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

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."
Apophyseal fracture of upper end of femur - instead, use code S72.13-
Nontraumatic slipped upper femoral epiphysis - instead, use code M93.0-

Parent Code: S79 - Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh

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Source: http://icd.codes/icd10cm/S790