S72.023

The ICD-10-CM code for disp fx of epiphysis (separation) (upper) of unsp femur is S72.023. The full clinical description is "Displaced fracture of epiphysis (separation) (upper) of unspecified femur". S72.023 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code S72.023 represents “Displaced fracture of epiphysis (separation) (upper) of unspecified femur”. It is classified under Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, S72.023 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 16 child codes under S72.023.

S72.023 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

S72.023 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: birth trauma (P10-P15); obstetric trauma (O70-O71); traumatic amputation of hip and thigh (S78.-); and 2 more.

S72.023 has 16 child codes, including: S72.023A (Disp fx of epiphy (separation) (upper) of unsp femur, init), S72.023B (Disp fx of epiphy (separation) (upper) of unsp femr, 7thB), S72.023C (Disp fx of epiphy (separation) (upper) of unsp femr, 7thC), S72.023D (Disp fx of epiphy (separation) (upper) of unsp femr, 7thD), and 12 more.

Yes, when using S72.023, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

S72.023 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2856619. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like disp fx of epiphysis (separation) (upper) of unsp femur affect a person's functioning: body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for S72.023 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.