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S79.01

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

Non-billableCategory

Code Hierarchy

S79S79.0S79.01

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

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

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

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

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with S79.01

  • chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic) (M93.02-)

Specific Codes (3)

S79.011Category

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

S79.012Category

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

S79.019Category

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

Related Codes

S79.00Category

Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of femur

S79.09Category

Other physeal fracture of upper end of femur

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