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Category · FY2027

S79 Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

S79 is not billable. The category heads 198 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 4 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

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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)
  3. S79 Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh
Billable codes
198
Subdivisions
4
CC / MCC codes
72 / 9
HCC V28 codes
27
New FY2027
0
Index entries
15

Codes in S79

  1. S79.0
    Physeal fracture of upper end of femur
    Header
    Excludes1 2

    Excludes1

    • apophyseal fracture of upper end of femur (S72.13-) S72.13
    • nontraumatic slipped upper femoral epiphysis (M93.0-) M93.0
  2. S79.00
    Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of femur
    Header
  3. S79.001
    Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of right femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC K P MCC A402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  4. S79.002
    Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of left femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC K P MCC A402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  5. S79.009
    Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of unspecified femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC K P MCC A402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  6. S79.01
    Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of femur
    Header
    Inclusion terms 3, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Acute on chronic slipped capital femoral epiphysis (traumatic)
    • Acute slipped capital femoral epiphysis (traumatic)
    • Capital femoral epiphyseal fracture

    Excludes1

    • chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic) (M93.02-) M93.02
  7. S79.011
    Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of right femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC K P MCC A402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  8. S79.012
    Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of left femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC K P MCC A402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  9. S79.019
    Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of unspecified femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC K P MCC A402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  10. S79.09
    Other physeal fracture of upper end of femur
    Header
  11. S79.091
    Other physeal fracture of upper end of right femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC K P MCC A402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  12. S79.092
    Other physeal fracture of upper end of left femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC K P MCC A402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  13. S79.099
    Other physeal fracture of upper end of unspecified femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC K P MCC A402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  14. S79.1
    Physeal fracture of lower end of femur
    Header
  15. S79.10
    Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of femur
    Header
  16. S79.101
    Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of right femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  17. S79.102
    Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of left femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  18. S79.109
    Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of unspecified femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  19. S79.11
    Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of femur
    Header
  20. S79.111
    Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of right femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  21. S79.112
    Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of left femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  22. S79.119
    Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of unspecified femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  23. S79.12
    Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of lower end of femur
    Header
  24. S79.121
    Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of lower end of right femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  25. S79.122
    Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of lower end of left femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  26. S79.129
    Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of lower end of unspecified femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  27. S79.13
    Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture of lower end of femur
    Header
  28. S79.131
    Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture of lower end of right femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  29. S79.132
    Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture of lower end of left femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  30. S79.139
    Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture of lower end of unspecified femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  31. S79.14
    Salter-Harris Type IV physeal fracture of lower end of femur
    Header
  32. S79.141
    Salter-Harris Type IV physeal fracture of lower end of right femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  33. S79.142
    Salter-Harris Type IV physeal fracture of lower end of left femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  34. S79.149
    Salter-Harris Type IV physeal fracture of lower end of unspecified femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  35. S79.19
    Other physeal fracture of lower end of femur
    Header
  36. S79.191
    Other physeal fracture of lower end of right femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  37. S79.192
    Other physeal fracture of lower end of left femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  38. S79.199
    Other physeal fracture of lower end of unspecified femur +7th: A D G K P S
    Needs 7th characterCC A K P402 (some 7th characters)Exempt: 5 of 6 7th characters
  39. S79.8
    Other specified injuries of hip and thigh
    Header
  40. S79.81
    Other specified injuries of hip
    Header
  41. S79.811
    Other specified injuries of right hip +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  42. S79.812
    Other specified injuries of left hip +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  43. S79.819
    Other specified injuries of unspecified hip +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  44. S79.82
    Other specified injuries of thigh
    Header
  45. S79.821
    Other specified injuries of right thigh +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  46. S79.822
    Other specified injuries of left thigh +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  47. S79.829
    Other specified injuries of unspecified thigh +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  48. S79.9
    Unspecified injury of hip and thigh
    Header
  49. S79.91
    Unspecified injury of hip
    Header
  50. S79.911
    Unspecified injury of right hip +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  51. S79.912
    Unspecified injury of left hip +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  52. S79.919
    Unspecified injury of unspecified hip +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  53. S79.92
    Unspecified injury of thigh
    Header
  54. S79.921
    Unspecified injury of right thigh +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  55. S79.922
    Unspecified injury of left thigh +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  56. S79.929
    Unspecified injury of unspecified thigh +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters

CC/MCC: as a secondary diagnosis, unless the principal diagnosis is on the code’s PDX exclusion list (MS-DRG v44 Appendix C; list on the code card).

Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.

Instructions

At S79

Notes

  • A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed

Notes that also apply

Block S70-S79 instructions (Excludes2 4): printed on the block page.

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

7th characters

7th characters for S79 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategories S79.0 and S79.1

7th characters for S79
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter for closed fracture
Dsubsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
Gsubsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
Ksubsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
Psubsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
Ssequela

7th characters for S79.8 defined at S79.8

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code in subcategory S79.8

7th characters for S79.8
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

7th characters for S79.9 defined at S79.9

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code in subcategory S79.9

7th characters for S79.9
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.

Index entries

  • Injuryhip → S79.91-
  • Injurythigh → S79.92-
  • Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation)femur, femoralcapital epiphyseal → S79.01-
  • Injuryhipspecified NEC → S79.81-
  • Injurythighspecified NEC → S79.82-
  • Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation)femur, femoralupper endphyseal → S79.00-
  • Slipped, slippingepiphysis (traumatic)capital femoral (traumatic)acute (on chronic) → S79.01-
  • Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation)femur, femorallower endphyseal → S79.10-
  • Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation)femur, femoralupper endphysealSalter-Harris type I → S79.01-
  • Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation)femur, femoralupper endphysealspecified NEC → S79.09-
  • Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation)femur, femorallower endphysealspecified NEC → S79.19-
  • Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation)femur, femorallower endphysealSalter-HarrisType I → S79.11-
  • Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation)femur, femorallower endphysealSalter-HarrisType II → S79.12-
  • Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation)femur, femorallower endphysealSalter-HarrisType III → S79.13-
  • Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation)femur, femorallower endphysealSalter-HarrisType IV → S79.14-

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