S72.4

Non-billable

Fracture of lower end of femur

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

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 (9)

S72.40Unspecified fracture of lower end of femurCategory→S72.41Unspecified condyle fracture of lower end of femurCategory→S72.42Fracture of lateral condyle of femurCategory→S72.43Fracture of medial condyle of femurCategory→S72.44Fracture of lower epiphysis (separation) of femurCategory→S72.45Supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of femurCategory→S72.46Supracondylar fracture with intracondylar extension of lower end of femurCategory→S72.47Torus fracture of lower end of femurCategory→S72.49Other fracture of lower end 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 S72.4

Unspecified fracture of lower end of femur

Unspecified condyle fracture of lower end of femur

Fracture of lateral condyle of femur

Fracture of medial condyle of femur

Fracture of lower epiphysis (separation) of femur

Supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of femur

Supracondylar fracture with intracondylar extension of lower end of femur

Torus fracture of lower end of femur

Other fracture of lower end of femur