S75.2
S75.2 — Injury of greater saphenous vein at hip and thigh level
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S75.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of greater saphenous vein 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 S75
- 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.
- greater saphenous vein NOS (S85.3)
Risk adjustment
S75.2 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 S75.2
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S75. If S75.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S75.2
- Is S75.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S75.2 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S75.2 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 S75.2?
- S75.2 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.