S72.13
Header — not billableApophyseal fracture of femur
The ICD-10 code for apophyseal fracture of femur is S72.13.
S72.13 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 6 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- chronic (nontraumatic) slipped upper femoral epiphysis (M93.0-)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under S72.13
- S72.131Displaced apophyseal fracture of right femur
- S72.132Displaced apophyseal fracture of left femur
- S72.133Displaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur
- S72.134Nondisplaced apophyseal fracture of right femur
- S72.135Nondisplaced apophyseal fracture of left femur
- S72.136Nondisplaced apophyseal fracture of unspecified femur
Related codes in this category
- S72.10Unspecified trochanteric fracture of femurnon-billable header
- S72.11Fracture of greater trochanter of femurnon-billable header
- S72.12Fracture of lesser trochanter of femurnon-billable header
- S72.14Intertrochanteric fracture of femurnon-billable header
- S72.13Apophyseal fracture of femurnon-billable header