ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S71.059 Open bite, unspecified hip › S71.059A

S71.059A

Open bite, unspecified hip, initial encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Bite, unspecified hip, initial encounter
  2. FY2011 Draft description revised draft Bite, unspecified hip, initial encounter Open bite, unspecified hip, initial encounter

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 S71 Open wound of hip and thigh

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S71

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • open fracture of hip and thigh (S72.-)
  • traumatic amputation of hip and thigh (S78.-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • bite of venomous animal (T63.-)
  • open wound of ankle, foot and toes (S91.-)
  • open wound of knee and lower leg (S81.-)

Code also

  • any associated wound infection

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.

Showing 40 of 47 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S71.059D Open bite, unspecified hip, subsequent encounter Valid
S71.059S Open bite, unspecified hip, sequela Valid