S79.099DBillable
Other physeal fracture of upper end of unspecified femur (subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing)
Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Billable Code
S79.099D is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes1
4 items
Excludes1
Use Additional Code
1 item
Use Additional Code
From S00-T88:
- •code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Notes
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Notes
From S79:
- •A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
7th Character Notes
7 items
7th Character Notes
From S79:
- •
- •A: initial encounter for closed fracture
- •D: subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- •G: subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- •K: subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- •P: subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- •S: sequela