ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S72.39 Other fracture of shaft of femur › S72.392
Other fracture of shaft of left 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 16 more specific codes instead:
- S72.392A Other fracture of shaft of left femur, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S72.392B Other fracture of shaft of left femur, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
- S72.392C Other fracture of shaft of left femur, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
- S72.392D Other fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
- S72.392E Other fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
- S72.392F Other fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
- S72.392G Other fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
- S72.392H Other fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
- S72.392J Other fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
- S72.392K Other fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
- S72.392M Other fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
- S72.392N Other fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
- S72.392P Other fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
- S72.392Q Other fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
- S72.392R Other fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
- S72.392S Other fracture of shaft of left 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Other fracture of shaft of left 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.
- Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > shaft > specified NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S72.391 | Other fracture of shaft of right femur | Not billable |
| S72.399 | Other fracture of shaft of unspecified femur | Not billable |