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S75.802 vs S75.809

S75.802 (Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at hip and thigh level, left leg) compared with S75.809 (Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at hip and thigh level, unspecified leg), from the official CMS tabular data. S75.802 and S75.809 code the same condition on opposite sides.

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Laterality relationship

S75.802
Left
Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at hip and thigh level, left leg
S75.809
Unspecified
Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at hip and thigh level, unspecified 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. S75.802 and S75.809 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

S75.802Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at hip and thigh level, left legS75.809Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at hip and thigh level, unspecified leg
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: S75.802A, S75.802D, S75.802S

Non-billable header

Report instead: S75.809A, S75.809D, S75.809S

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 other blood vessels at hip and thigh level, left leg is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S75.802).Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at hip and thigh level, unspecified leg is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S75.809).
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