S72

Non-billable

Fracture of femur

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Coding Guidance

S72 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (7)

S72.0Fracture of head and neck of femurCategory→S72.1Pertrochanteric fractureCategory→S72.2Subtrochanteric fracture of femurCategory→S72.3Fracture of shaft of femurCategory→S72.4Fracture of lower end of femurCategory→S72.8Other fracture of femurCategory→S72.9Unspecified fracture of femurCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S72

Fracture of head and neck of femur

S72.0›

Pertrochanteric fracture

S72.1›

Subtrochanteric fracture of femur

S72.2›

Fracture of shaft of femur

S72.3›

Fracture of lower end of femur

S72.4›

Other fracture of femur

S72.8›

Unspecified fracture of femur

S72.9›