NC72

The ICD-11 code for fracture of femur is NC72. The full clinical description is "Fracture of femur".

ICD-11 code NC72 represents “Fracture of femur”. It is classified under Chapter 22: Injury, Poisoning or Certain Other Consequences of External Causes.

NC72 is in Chapter 22: Injury, Poisoning or Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes NA00-NF2Z).

There is no direct ICD-10 mapping available for NC72 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-10. Use the ICD-11 to ICD-10 converter to search for related codes.

ICD-11 is the latest revision of the WHO's International Classification of Diseases, succeeding ICD-10. Key differences include: a fully digital-first design, new chapters for sleep-wake disorders, sexual health, and traditional medicine, improved coding for rare diseases, and better integration with electronic health records through extension codes.

NC72 has 11 child codes, including: NC72.0 (Fracture of head of femur), NC72.1 (Fracture of upper epiphysis of femur), NC72.2 (Fracture of neck of femur), NC72.3 (Fracture of trochanteric section of femur), and 7 more.