S74.8X
S74.8X — Injury of other nerves at hip and thigh level
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S74.8X is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of other nerves at hip and thigh level. 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 S74
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S74.8X 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 to one of these instead S74.8X
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about S74.8X
- Is S74.8X a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S74.8X is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S74.8X 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).