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S72

⚠ Non-billable (Header)

Fracture of femur

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

⚠️ This is a category header code — not billable. Use a more specific child code below.

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Cannot be coded with S72

  • • traumatic amputation of hip and thigh (S78.-)

⚠️ Excludes2

direct

May be coded together if both conditions coexist

  • • fracture of lower leg and ankle (S82.-)
  • • fracture of foot (S92.-)
  • • periprosthetic fracture of prosthetic implant of hip (M97.0-)

Child Codes (7)

S72.0Fracture of head and neck of femurS72.1Pertrochanteric fractureS72.2Subtrochanteric fracture of femurS72.3Fracture of shaft of femurS72.4Fracture of lower end of femurS72.8Other fracture of femurS72.9Unspecified fracture of femur

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Code Information

CodeS72
BillableNo — Header code
CategoryInjury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Excludes11 rule(s)
Excludes23 note(s)
Child codes7

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CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List

Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)