S78.1Traumatic amputation at level between hip and knee

S78.1 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for traumatic amputation at level between hip and knee. It belongs to category S78 (traumatic amputation 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 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S78 (traumatic amputation of hip and thigh), S78.1 is specifically for traumatic amputation at level between hip and knee. Related codes cover at hip joint (S78.0) and level unspecified (S78.9).

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 S78.1 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: traumatic amputation of knee (S88.0-).

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