821.00 FX FEMUR NOS-CLOSED

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 821.00

Short Description: Fx femur NOS-closed

Long Description: Closed fracture of unspecified part of femur

Code Classification:

Injury and poisoning (800–999)
- Fracture of lower limb (820-829)
  - 821 Fracture of other and unspecified parts of femur
    - 821.00 Fx femur NOS-closed

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 821.00 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Fracture (abduction) (adduction) (avulsion) (compression) (crush) (dislocation) (oblique) (separation) (closed) 829.0
- femur, femoral (closed) 821.00
  - cervicotrochanteric 820.03
    - open 820.13
  - condyles, epicondyles 821.21
    - open 821.31
  - distal end - see Fracture, femur, lower end
  - epiphysis (separation)
    - capital 820.01
      - open 820.11
    - head 820.01
      - open 820.11
    - lower 821.22
      - open 821.32
    - trochanteric 820.01
      - open 820.11
    - upper 820.01
      - open 820.11
  - head 820.09
    - open 820.19
  - lower end or extremity (distal end) (closed) 821.20
    - condyles, epicondyles 821.21
      - open 821.31
    - epiphysis (separation) 821.22
      - open 821.32
    - multiple sites 821.29
      - open 821.39
    - open 821.30
    - specified site NEC 821.29
      - open 821.39
    - supracondylar 821.23
      - open 821.33
    - T-shaped 821.21
      - open 821.31
  - neck (closed) 820.8
    - base (cervicotrochanteric) 820.03
      - open 820.13
    - extracapsular 820.20
      - open 820.30
    - intertrochanteric (section) 820.21
      - open 820.31
    - intracapsular 820.00
      - open 820.10
    - intratrochanteric 820.21
      - open 820.31
    - midcervical 820.02
      - open 820.12
    - open 820.9
    - pathologic 733.14
      - specified part NEC 733.15
    - specified site NEC 820.09
      - open 820.19
    - stress 733.96
    - transcervical 820.02
      - open 820.12
    - transtrochanteric 820.20
      - open 820.30
  - open 821.10
  - pathologic 733.14
    - specified part NEC 733.15
  - peritrochanteric (section) 820.20
    - open 820.30
  - shaft (lower third) (middle third) (upper third) 821.01
    - open 821.11
    - stress 733.97
  - subcapital 820.09
    - open 820.19
  - subtrochanteric (region) (section) 820.22
    - open 820.32
  - supracondylar 821.23
    - open 821.33
  - transepiphyseal 820.01
    - open 820.11
  - trochanter (greater) (lesser) (see also Fracture, femur, neck, by site) 820.20
    - open 820.30
  - T-shaped, into knee joint 821.21
    - open 821.31
  - upper end 820.8
    - open 820.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 821.00 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
821.00		S72.90XA	Unsp fracture of unsp femur, init encntr for closed fracture

This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
821.01	Closed fracture of shaft of femur
821.10	Open fracture of unspecified part of femur
821.11	Open fracture of shaft of femur
821.20	Closed fracture of lower end of femur, unspecified part
821.21	Closed fracture of condyle, femoral
821.22	Closed fracture of epiphysis, lower (separation) of femur
821.23	Closed supracondylar fracture of femur
821.29	Other closed fracture of lower end of femur
821.30	Open fracture of lower end of femur, unspecified part
821.31	Open fracture of condyle, femoral
821.32	Open fracture of epiphysis. Lower (separation) of femur
821.33	Open supracondylar fracture of femur
821.39	Other open fracture of lower end of femur

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