S72.334Nondisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of right femur

S72.334 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for nondisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of right femur. It belongs to category S72 (fracture of femur), 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 16 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S72.33 (oblique fracture of shaft of femur), S72.334 is specifically for nondisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of right femur. Related codes cover displaced oblique fracture of shaft of right femur (S72.331), displaced oblique fracture of shaft of left femur (S72.332), displaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur (S72.333), nondisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of left femur (S72.335) and nondisplaced oblique fracture of shaft of unspecified femur (S72.336).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter for closed fracture, B for initial encounter for open fracture type I or II, C for initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC, D for subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing, E for subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing, F for subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing and 10 more. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

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