ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S79.1 Physeal fracture of lower end of femur › S79.11
Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of 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.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S79.111 Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of right femur (also a header)
- S79.112 Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of left femur (also a header)
- S79.119 Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of unspecified femur (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 Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of 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.
- Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > distal end
- Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > condyles, epicondyles
- Fracture, traumatic > femur, femoral > lower end > physeal > Salter-Harris > Type I
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S79.10 | Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of femur | Not billable |
| S79.12 | Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of lower end of femur | Not billable |
| S79.13 | Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture of lower end of femur | Not billable |
| S79.14 | Salter-Harris Type IV physeal fracture of lower end of femur | Not billable |
| S79.19 | Other physeal fracture of lower end of femur | Not billable |