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S79.0

Physeal fracture of upper end of femur

Non-billableCategory

Code Hierarchy

S79S79.0

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 S79.0

  • apophyseal fracture of upper end of femur (S72.13-)
  • nontraumatic slipped upper femoral epiphysis (M93.0-)

Specific Codes (3)

S79.00Category

Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of femur

S79.01Category

Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of femur

S79.09Category

Other physeal fracture of upper end of femur

Related Codes

S79.1Category

Physeal fracture of lower end of femur

S79.8Category

Other specified injuries of hip and thigh

S79.9Category

Unspecified injury of hip and thigh

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