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S72.356H

Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing

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 Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing

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
S72.356A Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, initial encounter for closed fracture Valid
S72.356B Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II Valid
S72.356C Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC Valid
S72.356D Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing Valid
S72.356E Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing Valid
S72.356F Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing Valid
S72.356G Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing Valid
S72.356J Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing Valid
S72.356K Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion Valid
S72.356M Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion Valid
S72.356N Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion Valid
S72.356P Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion Valid