S72.45Supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of femur

S72.45 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of 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 6 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S72.4, choose S72.45 (Supracondylar fracture without intracondylar extension of lower end of femur) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: unspecified fracture of lower end of femur (S72.40), unspecified condyle fracture of lower end of femur (S72.41), fracture of lateral condyle of femur (S72.42), fracture of medial condyle of femur (S72.43), fracture of lower epiphysis (separation) of femur (S72.44), supracondylar fracture with intracondylar extension of lower end of femur (S72.46), Torus fracture of lower end of femur (S72.47) and other fracture of lower end of femur (S72.49).

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.

Don't report S72.45 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: supracondylar fracture with intracondylar extension of lower end of femur (S72.46-).

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