Fracture of unspecified part of neck of right femur, initial encounter for closed fracture
Fracture of neck of femur · SCTID 5913000
Coding advice: See the Fractures standard for episode-of-care characters and for pathological versus traumatic fracture selection.
Degenerative / Other (3)
M87.051Billable
Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of right femur
Avascular necrosis of femoral head · SCTID 26538006
M80.051ABillable
Age-related osteoporosis with current pathological fracture, right femur, initial encounter for fracture
Fracture of neck of femur · SCTID 5913000
Coding advice: A fracture through osteoporotic bone with minimal trauma is pathological - it classifies to M80.-, not S72.-.
M16.0Billable
Bilateral primary osteoarthritis of hip
Osteoarthritis of hip · SCTID 396275006
Coding advice: Bilateral involvement uses the single combination code M16.0 rather than two unilateral codes. See the Osteoarthritis standard.
Post-procedural / Iatrogenic (1)
T84.030ABillable
Mechanical loosening of internal right hip prosthetic joint, initial encounter
Mechanical complication of internal joint prosthesis · SCTID 371049003
Coding advice: Cluster with external cause Y83.1 (surgical operation with implant of artificial internal device). Do not code a primary joint disease for an implant failure.
Scaffold crosswalk. Scaffold crosswalk. Validate against a licensed FMA release, a SNOMED CT release and the current NLM complex map refset before clinical or billing use.
