Section
S70-S79
Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)
Hierarchy
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S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
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S70-S79 Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)
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S70 Superficial injury of hip and thigh
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S71 Open wound of hip and thigh
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S72 Fracture of femur
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S73 Dislocation and sprain of joint and ligaments of hip
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S74 Injury of nerves at hip and thigh level
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S75 Injury of blood vessels at hip and thigh level
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S76 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at hip and thigh level
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S77 Crushing injury of hip and thigh
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S78 Traumatic amputation of hip and thigh
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S79 Other and unspecified injuries of hip and thigh
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Notes
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Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
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The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.