S74 Non-Billable Code

Injury of nerves at hip and thigh level

Chapter Classification

Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Section Detail

S70-S79 Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)

Coding Guidelines & Notes

codeAlso

any associated open wound (S71.-)

excludes2

injury of nerves at ankle and foot level (S94.-)
injury of nerves at lower leg level (S84.-)

sevenChrDef

{'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter'}
{'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter'}
{'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}

sevenChrNote

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S74

More Specific Diagnosis Codes

This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.

S74.0 - Injury of sciatic nerve at hip and thigh level
S74.1 - Injury of femoral nerve at hip and thigh level
S74.2 - Injury of cutaneous sensory nerve at hip and thigh level
S74.8 - Injury of other nerves at hip and thigh level
S74.9 - Injury of unspecified nerve at hip and thigh level

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