S71.15: Open bite of thigh
S71.15 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for open bite of thigh. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S71
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- superficial bite of thigh (S70.37-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Bite of thigh NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S71.15
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S71.15
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with S71.15
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- S70.37Other superficial bite of thigh
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S71.15
3 child codes. Green means billable.