ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S70 Superficial injury of hip and thigh › S70.9
Unspecified superficial injury of hip and thigh
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:
- S70.91 Unspecified superficial injury of hip (also a header)
- S70.92 Unspecified superficial injury of thigh (also a header)
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified superficial injury of hip and thigh
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-)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S70.0 | Contusion of hip | Not billable |
| S70.1 | Contusion of thigh | Not billable |
| S70.2 | Other superficial injuries of hip | Not billable |
| S70.3 | Other superficial injuries of thigh | Not billable |