S72.042

The ICD-10-CM code for displaced fracture of base of neck of left femur is S72.042. The full clinical description is "Displaced fracture of base of neck of left femur". S72.042 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code S72.042 represents “Displaced fracture of base of neck of left 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, S72.042 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 S72.042.

S72.042 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

S72.042 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.-).

S72.042 has 16 child codes, including: S72.042A (Disp fx of base of neck of left femur, init for clos fx), S72.042B (Disp fx of base of neck of l femur, init for opn fx type I/2), S72.042C (Disp fx of base of nk of l femr, init for opn fx type 3A/B/C), S72.042D (Disp fx of base of nk of l femr, 7thD), and 12 more.

Yes, when using S72.042, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

S72.042 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2856809. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for S72.042 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.