ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S72.0 Fracture of head and neck of femur › S72.04
Fracture of base of neck of femur
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 6 more specific codes instead:
- S72.041 Displaced fracture of base of neck of right femur (also a header)
- S72.042 Displaced fracture of base of neck of left femur (also a header)
- S72.043 Displaced fracture of base of neck of unspecified femur (also a header)
- S72.044 Nondisplaced fracture of base of neck of right femur (also a header)
- S72.045 Nondisplaced fracture of base of neck of left femur (also a header)
- S72.046 Nondisplaced fracture of base of neck of unspecified femur (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 Fracture of base of neck of femur
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 S72 Fracture of femur
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to all codes from category S72
Seventh character values
- initial encounter for open fracture NOS
Excludes1 - never coded here
- traumatic amputation of hip and thigh (S78.-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- fracture of lower leg and ankle (S82.-)
- fracture of foot (S92.-)
- periprosthetic fracture of prosthetic implant of hip (M97.0-)
Note
- A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
- A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
- The open fracture designations are based on the Gustilo open fracture classification
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.
- Injury > hip > fracture
- Fracture, traumatic > hip
- Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > neck
- Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > upper end > cervicotrochanteric
- Fracture, traumatic > basicervical
- Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > basicervical
- Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > upper end > neck > base
- Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > upper end > neck > base > nondisplaced
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S72.00 | Fracture of unspecified part of neck of femur | Not billable |
| S72.01 | Unspecified intracapsular fracture of femur | Not billable |
| S72.02 | Fracture of epiphysis (separation) (upper) of femur | Not billable |
| S72.03 | Midcervical fracture of femur | Not billable |
| S72.05 | Unspecified fracture of head of femur | Not billable |
| S72.06 | Articular fracture of head of femur | Not billable |
| S72.09 | Other fracture of head and neck of femur | Not billable |