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S79.009D

Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing

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 Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing

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 S79 Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategories S79.0 and S79.1

Note

  • A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed

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
S79.009A Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of unspecified femur, initial encounter for closed fracture Valid
S79.009G Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing Valid
S79.009K Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion Valid
S79.009P Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion Valid
S79.009S Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of unspecified femur, sequela Valid