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S79.091

Other physeal fracture of upper end of right 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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • S79.091A Other physeal fracture of upper end of right femur, initial encounter for closed fracture
  • S79.091D Other physeal fracture of upper end of right femur, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
  • S79.091G Other physeal fracture of upper end of right femur, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
  • S79.091K Other physeal fracture of upper end of right femur, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
  • S79.091P Other physeal fracture of upper end of right femur, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
  • S79.091S Other physeal fracture of upper end of right 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 Other physeal fracture of upper end of right 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 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
S79.092 Other physeal fracture of upper end of left femur Not billable
S79.099 Other physeal fracture of upper end of unspecified femur Not billable