S78.911Complete traumatic amputation of right hip and thigh, level unspecified

S78.911 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for complete traumatic amputation of right hip and thigh, level unspecified. 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 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S78.91, choose S78.911 (right hip and thigh, level unspecified) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: left hip and thigh, level unspecified (S78.912) and unspecified hip and thigh, level unspecified (S78.919).

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.

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