ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S73.0 Subluxation and dislocation of hip › S73.02
Obturator subluxation and dislocation of hip
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 6 more specific codes instead:
- S73.021 Obturator subluxation of right hip (also a header)
- S73.022 Obturator subluxation of left hip (also a header)
- S73.023 Obturator subluxation of unspecified hip (also a header)
- S73.024 Obturator dislocation of right hip (also a header)
- S73.025 Obturator dislocation of left hip (also a header)
- S73.026 Obturator dislocation of unspecified hip (also a header)
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Obturator subluxation and dislocation of hip
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 S73 Dislocation and sprain of joint and ligaments of hip
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S73
Excludes2 - not included here
- strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of hip and thigh (S76.-)
Code also
- any associated open wound
Includes
- avulsion of joint or ligament of hip
- laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament of hip
- sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament of hip
- traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament of hip
- traumatic rupture of joint or ligament of hip
- traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament of hip
- traumatic tear of joint or ligament of hip
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.
- Change > joint
- Mushrooming hip
- Change > hip joint
- Dislocation > partial
- Derangement > shoulder
- Dislocation > incomplete
- Injury > hip > dislocation
- Disorder > joint > derangement
- Complex > jumped process, spine
- Dislocation > thorax > vertebra
- Dislocation > vertebra > partial
- Dislocation > thigh, proximal end
- Dislocation > femur > proximal end
- Dislocation > innominate > acetabulum
- Displacement, displaced > intervertebral disc NEC > due to trauma
- Dislocation > hip > anterior > obturator
- Subluxation > hip > anterior > obturator
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S73.00 | Unspecified subluxation and dislocation of hip | Not billable |
| S73.01 | Posterior subluxation and dislocation of hip | Not billable |
| S73.03 | Other anterior subluxation and dislocation of hip | Not billable |
| S73.04 | Central subluxation and dislocation of hip | Not billable |