S78.1
Header — not billableTraumatic amputation at level between hip and knee
The ICD-10 code for traumatic amputation at level between hip and knee is S78.1.
S78.1 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 2 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).
- traumatic amputation of knee (S88.0-)
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.
Related codes in this category
- S78.0Traumatic amputation at hip jointnon-billable header
- S78.9Traumatic amputation of hip and thigh, level unspecifiednon-billable header
- S78.1Traumatic amputation at level between hip and kneenon-billable header