S79.812ABillable
Other specified injuries of left hip (initial encounter)
Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Billable Code
S79.812A 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
2 items
Excludes1
Use Additional Code
1 item
Use Additional Code
From S00-T88:
- •code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Notes
1 item
Notes
From S79:
- •A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
7th Character Notes
8 items
7th Character Notes
From S79:
- •
- •A: initial encounter
- •D: subsequent encounter
- •S: sequela
From S79.8:
- •The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code in subcategory S79.8
- •A: initial encounter
- •D: subsequent encounter
- •S: sequela