S71.05Open bite of hip

S71.05 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for open bite of hip. It belongs to category S71 (open wound of hip and thigh), block S70-S79 (injuries to the hip and thigh) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S71.0 (open wound of hip), S71.05 is specifically for open bite of hip. Related codes cover unspecified open wound of hip (S71.00), laceration without foreign body of hip (S71.01), laceration with foreign body of hip (S71.02), puncture wound without foreign body of hip (S71.03) and puncture wound with foreign body of hip (S71.04).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

Don't report S71.05 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: superficial bite of hip (S70.26, S70.27).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.