ICD-10-CM Code S79.12
Salter-Harris Type II 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 S79.12 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of S79.12 that describes the diagnosis 'salter-harris type ii physeal fracture of lower end of femur' in more detail.
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S79.12 - Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of lower end of femur'
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Parent Code: S79.1 - Physeal fracture of lower end of femur