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S75.001 vs S75.002

S75.001 (Unspecified injury of femoral artery, right leg) compared with S75.002 (Unspecified injury of femoral artery, left leg), from the official CMS tabular data. S75.001 and S75.002 code the same condition on opposite sides.

Relationship

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Laterality relationship

S75.001
Right
Unspecified injury of femoral artery, right leg
S75.002
Left
Unspecified injury of femoral artery, 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. S75.001 and S75.002 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

S75.001Unspecified injury of femoral artery, right legS75.002Unspecified injury of femoral artery, left leg
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: S75.001A, S75.001D, S75.001S

Non-billable header

Report instead: S75.002A, S75.002D, S75.002S

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)
DefinitionUnspecified injury of femoral artery, right leg is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S75.001).Unspecified injury of femoral artery, left leg is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S75.002).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S75The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S75

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