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S72.423K

Displaced fracture of lateral condyle of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion

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 Displaced fracture of lateral condyle of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion

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
S72.423A Displaced fracture of lateral condyle of unspecified femur, initial encounter for closed fracture Valid
S72.423B Displaced fracture of lateral condyle of unspecified femur, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II Valid
S72.423C Displaced fracture of lateral condyle of unspecified femur, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC Valid
S72.423D Displaced fracture of lateral condyle of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing Valid
S72.423E Displaced fracture of lateral condyle of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing Valid
S72.423F Displaced fracture of lateral condyle of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing Valid
S72.423G Displaced fracture of lateral condyle of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing Valid
S72.423H Displaced fracture of lateral condyle of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing Valid
S72.423J Displaced fracture of lateral condyle of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing Valid
S72.423M Displaced fracture of lateral condyle of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion Valid
S72.423N Displaced fracture of lateral condyle of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion Valid
S72.423P Displaced fracture of lateral condyle of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion Valid