ICD-10-CM Code S79.01
Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end 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 S79.01 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of S79.01 that describes the diagnosis 'salter-harris type i physeal fracture of upper end of femur' in more detail.
Coding Notes for S79.01 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. - Acute on chronic slipped capital femoral epiphysis (traumatic)
- Acute slipped capital femoral epiphysis (traumatic)
- Capital femoral epiphyseal fracture
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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." - Chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic) - instead, use code M93.02-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S79.01 - Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of femur'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S79.01. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: S79.0 - Physeal fracture of upper end of femur