S72.333C
S72.333C: Displaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
S72.333C is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for displaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, initial encounter for open fracture type iiia, iiib, or iiic. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check S72.333C with the rest of the claim: free scrubber7th character "C": initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
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 S72.333C
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S72.333C
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with S72.333C
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
S72.333C risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 402 Hip Fracture/Dislocation0.467 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under S72.333
- S72.333ADisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S72.333BDisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
- S72.333DDisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
- S72.333EDisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
- S72.333FDisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
- S72.333GDisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
- S72.333HDisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
- S72.333JDisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
- S72.333KDisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
- S72.333MDisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
- S72.333NDisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
- S72.333PDisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
- S72.333QDisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
- S72.333RDisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
- S72.333SDisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur, sequela