ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S70.25 Superficial foreign body of hip › S70.251

S70.251

Superficial foreign body, right hip

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • S70.251A Superficial foreign body, right hip, initial encounter
  • S70.251D Superficial foreign body, right hip, subsequent encounter
  • S70.251S Superficial foreign body, right hip, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Superficial foreign body, right hip

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from S70 Superficial injury of hip and thigh

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S70

Inherited from the S70-S79 section Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • frostbite (T33-T34)
  • snake bite (T63.0-)
  • venomous insect bite or sting (T63.4-)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S70.252 Superficial foreign body, left hip Not billable
S70.259 Superficial foreign body, unspecified hip Not billable