Is S75.222 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. S75.222 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does S75.222 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 S75.222?

S75.222 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 S75.222 (S75.2) and apply to it just the same.

S75.222

S75.222 — Major laceration of greater saphenous vein at hip and thigh level, left leg

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft

S75.222 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for major laceration of greater saphenous vein at hip and thigh level, left leg. 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 inherited from the categories above S75.222

These are not written on S75.222, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing S75.222 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on S75.2 — Injury of greater saphenous vein at hip and thigh level

greater saphenous vein NOS (S85.3)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S75.222

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of S75.222, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on S75 — Injury of blood vessels at hip and thigh level

injury of blood vessels at lower leg level (S85.-)
injury of popliteal artery (S85.0)

Risk adjustment

S75.222 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

S75.222 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 S75.222

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share S75.22. If S75.222 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about S75.222

Is S75.222 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. S75.222 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S75.222 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 S75.222?: S75.222 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 S75.222 (S75.2) and apply to it just the same.