S72 - Fracture of femur
The ICD 10 Code for
Fracture of femur is listed as
S72. Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.
| ICD 10 CM Field |
Value |
| Diagnosis Code: |
S72
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| Description: |
Fracture of femur
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Note: A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced.
- A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
- The open fracture designations are based on the Gustilo open fracture classification
- Excludes1: traumatic amputation of hip and thigh (S78.-)
- Excludes2: fracture of lower leg and ankle (S82.-)
- fracture of foot (S92.-)
- periprosthetic fracture of prosthetic implant of hip (T84.040, T84.041)
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to all codes from category S72
- A - initial encounter for closed fracture
- B - initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
- initial encounter for open fracture NOS
- C - initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
- D - subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
- E - subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
- F - subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
- G - subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
- H - subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
- J - subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
- K - subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
- M - subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
- N - subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
- P - subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
- Q - subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
- R - subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
- S - sequela
- Note: Initial encounter for open fracture NOS.
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| Chapter |
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) |
| ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of S72: |
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| S72.0 - Fracture of head and neck of femur |
| S72.1 - Pertrochanteric fracture |
| S72.2 - Subtrochanteric fracture of femur |
| S72.3 - Fracture of shaft of femur |
| S72.4 - Fracture of lower end of femur |
| S72.8 - Other fracture of femur |
| S72.9 - Unspecified fracture of femur |
