S72.06

The ICD-10-CM code for articular fracture of head of femur is S72.06. The full clinical description is "Articular fracture of head of femur". S72.06 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code S72.06 represents “Articular fracture of head of 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, S72.06 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 6 child codes under S72.06.

S72.06 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

S72.06 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.-).

S72.06 has 6 child codes, including: S72.061 (Displaced articular fracture of head of right femur), S72.062 (Displaced articular fracture of head of left femur), S72.063 (Displaced articular fracture of head of unspecified femur), S72.064 (Nondisplaced articular fracture of head of right femur), and 2 more.

Yes, when using S72.06, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

S72.06 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2856946. 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 S72.06 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.