ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S72.452 Displaced supracondylar fracture... › S72.452G

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

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 > distal end
• Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > condyles, epicondyles
• Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > lower end > supracondylar
• Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > lower end > supracondylar > nondisplaced

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S72.452A	Displaced supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of left femur, initial encounter for closed fracture	Valid
S72.452B	Displaced supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of left femur, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II	Valid
S72.452C	Displaced supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of left femur, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC	Valid
S72.452D	Displaced supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing	Valid
S72.452E	Displaced supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing	Valid
S72.452F	Displaced supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing	Valid
S72.452H	Displaced supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing	Valid
S72.452J	Displaced supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing	Valid
S72.452K	Displaced supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion	Valid
S72.452M	Displaced supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion	Valid
S72.452N	Displaced supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion	Valid
S72.452P	Displaced supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion	Valid