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S78.1

Traumatic amputation at level between hip and knee

Non-billableCategory

Code Hierarchy

S78S78.1

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

Section: S70-S79 - Injuries to the hip and thigh

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with S78.1

  • traumatic amputation of knee (S88.0-)

Specific Codes (2)

S78.11Category

Complete traumatic amputation at level between hip and knee

S78.12Category

Partial traumatic amputation at level between hip and knee

Related Codes

S78.0Category

Traumatic amputation at hip joint

S78.9Category

Traumatic amputation of hip and thigh, level unspecified

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