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S74.00 vs S74.02

S74.00 (Injury of sciatic nerve at hip and thigh level, unspecified leg) compared with S74.02 (Injury of sciatic nerve at hip and thigh level, left leg), from the official CMS tabular data. S74.00 and S74.02 code the same condition on opposite sides.

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Laterality relationship

S74.00
Unspecified
Injury of sciatic nerve at hip and thigh level, unspecified leg
S74.02
Left
Injury of sciatic nerve at hip and thigh level, left leg

Same condition; these differ only in which side is documented.

These codes share a category and title and differ only in the side affected. The documentation decides which applies, and a bilateral code is reported only where the code set provides one.

Source: ICD-10-CM tabular list (laterality variant derived from the code title)

Can these codes be reported together?

Same condition, opposite side. S74.00 and S74.02 name the same condition on opposite sides of the body.

Same category and title, differing only in which side is affected — the documentation decides which one applies, and a bilateral code is reported only where the code set provides one.

Side by side

S74.00Injury of sciatic nerve at hip and thigh level, unspecified legS74.02Injury of sciatic nerve at hip and thigh level, left leg
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: S74.00XA, S74.00XD, S74.00XS

Non-billable header

Report instead: S74.02XA, S74.02XD, S74.02XS

ClassificationS00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88)S00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88)
DefinitionInjury of sciatic nerve at hip and thigh level, unspecified leg is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S74.00).Injury of sciatic nerve at hip and thigh level, left leg is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S74.02).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S74The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S74

Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources