ICD-10-CM Code S79.1
Physeal fracture of lower 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 S79.1 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the six child codes of S79.1 that describes the diagnosis 'physeal fracture of lower end of femur' in more detail.
- S79.1 Physeal fracture of lower end of femur NON-BILLABLE
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Parent Code: S79 - Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh