S79 Non-Billable Code

Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh

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

sevenChrDef

{'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter for closed fracture'}
{'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing'}
{'char': 'G', 'text': 'subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing'}
{'char': 'K', 'text': 'subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion'}
{'char': 'P', 'text': 'subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion'}
{'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}

sevenChrNote

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategories S79.0 and S79.1

More Specific Diagnosis Codes

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

S79.0 - Physeal fracture of upper end of femur
S79.1 - Physeal fracture of lower end of femur
S79.8 - Other specified injuries of hip and thigh
S79.9 - Unspecified injury of hip and thigh

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