ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S70-S79 › S79.91 Unspecified injury of hip › S79.912

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 3 more specific codes instead:

• S79.912A Unspecified injury of left hip, initial encounter
• S79.912D Unspecified injury of left hip, subsequent encounter
• S79.912S Unspecified injury of left hip, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

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.

• Injury > hip

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S79.911	Unspecified injury of right hip	Not billable
S79.919	Unspecified injury of unspecified hip	Not billable