ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S78.0 Traumatic amputation at hip joint › S78.02
Partial traumatic amputation at hip joint
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 3 more specific codes instead:
- S78.021 Partial traumatic amputation at right hip joint (also a header)
- S78.022 Partial traumatic amputation at left hip joint (also a header)
- S78.029 Partial traumatic amputation at unspecified hip joint (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 Partial traumatic amputation at hip joint
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 S78 Traumatic amputation of hip and thigh
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S78
Excludes1 - never coded here
- traumatic amputation of knee (S88.0-)
Also known as
- An amputation not identified as partial or complete should be coded to complete
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.
- Stump
- Avulsion > limb
- Disarticulation
- Injury > hip > open
- Injury > thigh > open
- Wound, open > leg > upper
- Amputation > traumatic > thigh
- Wound, open > hip > with amputation
- Wound, open > pelvis, pelvic > girdle
- Wound, open > thigh > with amputation
- Loss > limb or member, traumatic, current
- Disarticulation > meaning traumatic amputation
- Wound, open > genital organs, external > with amputation
- Amputation > traumatic > hip > at hip joint > partial
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S78.01 | Complete traumatic amputation at hip joint | Not billable |