DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Block · Chapter 19

S70-S79 Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)

Block S70-S79 groups 10 categories with 3,546 billable codes in FY2027.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  2. S70-S79 Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)

Neighbouring blocks

Categories
10
Billable codes
3,546
CC codes
1,143
MCC codes
450
HCC V28 codes
537
New FY2027
0

Categories in S70-S79

  • S70

    Superficial injury of hip and thigh

    Abrasionhip → S70.21-

    • 144 billable codes
  • S71

    Open wound of hip and thigh

    Puncturehip → S71.039

    • 108 billable codes
  • S72

    Fracture of femur

    Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation)femur, femoral → S72.9-

    • 2,466 billable codes
    • 969 CC
    • 417 MCC
    • 462 with HCC
  • S73

    Dislocation and sprain of joint and ligaments of hip

    Subluxationhip → S73.00-

    • 126 billable codes
    • 30 CC
    • 30 with HCC
  • S74

    Injury of nerves at hip and thigh level

    Injurynerve NEChip (level) → S74.9-

    • 45 billable codes
  • S75

    Injury of blood vessels at hip and thigh level

    Injuryblood vessel NEChip → S75.90-

    • 162 billable codes
    • 30 CC
    • 24 MCC
  • S76

    Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at hip and thigh level

    Injurypatellar ligament (tendon) → S76.10-

    • 216 billable codes
    • 18 CC
  • S77

    Crushing injury of hip and thigh

    Crush, crushed, crushinghip → S77.0-

    • 27 billable codes
    • 6 CC
  • S78

    Traumatic amputation of hip and thigh

    Amputationtraumatic (complete) (partial)hip (and thigh) (complete) → S78.91-

    • 54 billable codes
    • 18 CC
    • 18 with HCC
  • S79

    Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh

    Injuryhip → S79.91-

    • 198 billable codes
    • 72 CC
    • 9 MCC
    • 27 with HCC

Index main terms

  • Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation) → S72, S79 (79 entries)
  • Injury → S70, S74, S75, S76, S79 (57 entries)
  • Puncture → S71 (12 entries)
  • Laceration → S71 (8 entries)
  • Amputation → S78 (6 entries)
  • Bite(s) (animal) (human) → S70, S71 (6 entries)
  • Sprain (joint) (ligament) → S73, S76 (6 entries)
  • Dislocation (articular) → S73 (5 entries)
  • Subluxation → S73 (5 entries)
  • Crush, crushed, crushing → S77 (4 entries)
  • Abrasion → S70 (2 entries)
  • Blister (nonthermal) → S70 (2 entries)
  • Constriction → S70 (2 entries)
  • Contusion (skin surface intact) → S70 (2 entries)
  • Foreign body → S70 (2 entries)

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Block instructions

Excludes2

  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32) T20 T32
  • frostbite (T33-T34) T33 T34
  • snake bite (T63.0-) T63.0
  • venomous insect bite or sting (T63.4-) T63.4

Notes that also apply

Chapter 19 instructions (Notes 2, Excludes2 2, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 19 page.