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S72.133

Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified 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.

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

Submit one of these 16 more specific codes instead:

  • S72.133A Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, initial encounter for closed fracture
  • S72.133B Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
  • S72.133C Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
  • S72.133D Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
  • S72.133E Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
  • S72.133F Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
  • S72.133G Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
  • S72.133H Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
  • S72.133J Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
  • S72.133K Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
  • S72.133M Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
  • S72.133N Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
  • S72.133P Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
  • S72.133Q Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
  • S72.133R Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
  • S72.133S Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur, 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 Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified 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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S72.131 Displaced apophyseal fracture of right femur Not billable
S72.132 Displaced apophyseal fracture of left femur Not billable
S72.134 Nondisplaced apophyseal fracture of right femur Not billable
S72.135 Nondisplaced apophyseal fracture of left femur Not billable
S72.136 Nondisplaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur Not billable