S75.21
S75.21 — Minor laceration of greater saphenous vein at hip and thigh level
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S75.21 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for minor laceration 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Incomplete transection of greater saphenous vein at hip and thigh level
- Laceration of greater saphenous vein at hip and thigh level NOS
- Superficial laceration of greater saphenous vein at hip and thigh level
Risk adjustment
S75.21 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 S75.21
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S75.2. If S75.21 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S75.21
- Is S75.21 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S75.21 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S75.21 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).