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S72.90

Non-billable

Unspecified fracture of unspecified 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 (19)

S72.9Unspecified fracture of femur→S72.91Unspecified fracture of right femur→S72.92Unspecified fracture of left femur→S72.90XAUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (initial encounter for closed fracture)→S72.90XBUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (initial encounter for open fracture type I or II)→S72.90XCUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC)→S72.90XDUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing)→S72.90XEUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing)→S72.90XFUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing)→S72.90XGUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing)→S72.90XHUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing)→S72.90XJUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing)→S72.90XKUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion)→S72.90XMUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion)→S72.90XNUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion)→S72.90XPUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion)→S72.90XQUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion)→S72.90XRUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion)→S72.90XSUnspecified fracture of unspecified femur (sequela)→