ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S72.43 Fracture of medial condyle of femur › S72.432

S72.432

Displaced fracture of medial condyle 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.

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:

  • S72.432A Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, initial encounter for closed fracture
  • S72.432B Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
  • S72.432C Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
  • S72.432D Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
  • S72.432E Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
  • S72.432F Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
  • S72.432G Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
  • S72.432H Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
  • S72.432J Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
  • S72.432K Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
  • S72.432M Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
  • S72.432N Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
  • S72.432P Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
  • S72.432Q Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
  • S72.432R Displaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
  • S72.432S Displaced fracture of medial condyle 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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Displaced fracture of medial condyle 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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S72.431 Displaced fracture of medial condyle of right femur Not billable
S72.433 Displaced fracture of medial condyle of unspecified femur Not billable
S72.434 Nondisplaced fracture of medial condyle of right femur Not billable
S72.435 Nondisplaced fracture of medial condyle of left femur Not billable
S72.436 Nondisplaced fracture of medial condyle of unspecified femur Not billable