Is S79.012 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. S79.012 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does S79.012 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 S79.012?

S79.012 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 S79.012 (S79.01, S79.0) and apply to it just the same.

S79.012

S79.012 — Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of left femur

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft

S79.012 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for salter-harris type i physeal fracture of upper end of left femur. 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 subcategories S79.0 and S79.1

A: initial encounter for closed fracture
D: subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
G: subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
K: subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
P: subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
S: sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S79.012

These are not written on S79.012, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing S79.012 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on S79.01 — Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of femur

chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic) (M93.02-)

Written on S79.0 — Physeal fracture of upper end of femur

apophyseal fracture of upper end of femur (S72.13-)
nontraumatic slipped upper femoral epiphysis (M93.0-)

Risk adjustment

S79.012 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

S79.012 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 S79.012

6 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share S79.01. If S79.012 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about S79.012

Is S79.012 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. S79.012 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S79.012 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 S79.012?: S79.012 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 S79.012 (S79.01, S79.0) and apply to it just the same.