NC72

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Fracture of femur

Description

A break in the femur, longest and largest bone of the skeleton, situated between the hip and the knee.

Exclusions from above levels

  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/152692065 – Frostbite
  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/163532889 – Burns
  • ND55 – Other injuries of leg, level unspecified
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  • NE61 – Insect bite or sting, venomous
  • FB80.7 – Malunion of fracture
  • FB80.8 – Nonunion of fracture
  • FB80.A – Stress fracture, not elsewhere classified
  • FB80.B – Pathological fracture
  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/624443803 – Birth injury
  • JB0A – Certain specified obstetric trauma

Child codes

  • NC72.0 – Fracture of head of femur
  • NC72.1 – Fracture of upper epiphysis of femur
  • NC72.2 – Fracture of neck of femur
  • NC72.3 – Fracture of trochanteric section of femur
  • NC72.4 – Subtrochanteric fracture of femur
  • NC72.5 – Fracture of shaft of femur
  • NC72.6 – Fracture of lower end of femur
  • NC72.7 – Multiple fractures of femur
  • NC72.8 – Fractures of other parts of femur
  • NC72.Y – Other specified fracture of femur
  • NC72.Z – Fracture of femur, unspecified

Sibling codes

  • NC70 – Superficial injury of hip or thigh
  • NC71 – Open wound of hip or thigh
  • NC73 – Dislocation or strain or sprain of joint or ligaments of hip
  • NC74 – Injury of nerves at hip or thigh level
  • NC75 – Injury of blood vessels at hip or thigh level
  • NC76 – Injury of muscle, fascia, tendon or bursa at hip or thigh level
  • NC77 – Crushing injury of hip or thigh
  • NC78 – Traumatic amputation of hip or thigh
  • NC79 – Multiple injuries of hip or thigh
  • NC7Y – Other specified injuries to the hip or thigh
  • NC7Z – Injuries to the hip or thigh, unspecified

Foundation entity

Fracture of femur – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1810119958

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 22: Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes