S72.325 — Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur
S72.325 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur. 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 all codes from category S72
- A
- initial encounter for closed fracture
- B
- initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
- C
- initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
- D
- subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
- E
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
- F
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
- G
- subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
- H
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
- J
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
- K
- subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
- M
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
- N
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
- P
- subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
- Q
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
- R
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S72.325
These are not written on S72.325, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing S72.325 with anything listed here is a denial.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S72.325
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of S72.325, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with S72.325
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S72.325. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S72.325 alone.
Risk adjustment
S72.325 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code history
S72.325 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead S72.325
16 child codes. Green means billable.
- S72.325ANondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S72.325BNondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
- S72.325CNondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
- S72.325DNondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
- S72.325ENondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
- S72.325FNondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
- S72.325GNondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
- S72.325HNondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
- S72.325JNondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
- S72.325KNondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
- S72.325MNondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
- S72.325NNondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
- S72.325PNondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
- S72.325QNondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
- S72.325RNondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
- S72.325SNondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S72.32. If S72.325 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S72.321Displaced transverse fracture of shaft of right femur
- S72.322Displaced transverse fracture of shaft of left femur
- S72.323Displaced transverse fracture of shaft of unspecified femur
- S72.324Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of right femur
- S72.326Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of unspecified femur
Questions about S72.325
- Is S72.325 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S72.325 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S72.325 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79).
- What cannot be coded together with S72.325?
- S72.325 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above S72.325 (S72) and apply to it just the same.