Unspecified trochanteric fracture of left femur, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC

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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified trochanteric fracture of left femur, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC

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.

Fracture, traumatic > trochanter
Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > pertrochanteric
Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > intertrochanteric
Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > intratrochanteric
Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > transtrochanteric
Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > upper end > pertrochanteric
Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > trochanteric
Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > upper end > trochanteric

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S72.102A	Unspecified trochanteric fracture of left femur, initial encounter for closed fracture	Valid
S72.102B	Unspecified trochanteric fracture of left femur, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II	Valid
S72.102D	Unspecified trochanteric fracture of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing	Valid
S72.102E	Unspecified trochanteric fracture of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing	Valid
S72.102F	Unspecified trochanteric fracture of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing	Valid
S72.102G	Unspecified trochanteric fracture of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing	Valid
S72.102H	Unspecified trochanteric fracture of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing	Valid
S72.102J	Unspecified trochanteric fracture of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing	Valid
S72.102K	Unspecified trochanteric fracture of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion	Valid
S72.102M	Unspecified trochanteric fracture of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion	Valid
S72.102N	Unspecified trochanteric fracture of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion	Valid
S72.102P	Unspecified trochanteric fracture of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion	Valid