2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

S79.01 Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of femur

  • Non-billable
  • 2016–2025

S79.01 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of femur.

Inclusion term

  • Acute on chronic slipped capital femoral epiphysis (traumatic)

  • Acute slipped capital femoral epiphysis (traumatic)

  • Capital femoral epiphyseal fracture

Type 1 excludes

  • Chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic) (M93.02-)

Codes

Versions

  1. 2025

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  2. 2024

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  3. 2023

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  4. 2022

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  5. 2021

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  6. 2020

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  7. 2019

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  8. 2018

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  9. 2017

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  10. 2016

    New code