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The distal femur is where the bone flares out like an upside-down funnel. The distal femur is the area of the leg just above the knee joint. Distal femur fractures most often occur either in older people whose bones are weak, or in younger people who have high energy injuries, such as from a car crash.
S72. 92XD - Unspecified fracture of left femur [subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing] | ICD-10-CM.
Fracture of femur ICD-10-CM S72. 309A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0):
Basic Anatomy The distal femur is the bottom part of your thigh bone. It is a trapezoidal shaped bone that makes up the top of your joint and sits just behind your knee cap. Your knee is the largest weight-bearing joint in the body. The end of the bone is covered with a smooth surface called articular cartilage.
The distal femur is defined as the region from the metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction to the articular surface of the knee, involving approximately the distal 15 cm of the femur. The shaft of the femur is a cylindrical shape and extends into two curved condyles at the distal end.
ICD-10-CM Code for Unspecified fracture of right femur, initial encounter for closed fracture S72. 91XA.
ICD-10 Coding for Hip FracturesS72.012K: Unspecified intracapsular fracture of left femur, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion.S72.012M: Unspecified intracapsular fracture of left femur, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion.More items...•
Proximal femoral fractures are a heterogeneous group of fractures that occur in and around the hip. The commonest type of fracture in this region is the femoral neck fracture. They can occur anywhere between the joint surface of the femoral head and the upper shaft (proximal diaphysis) of the femur.
The femur is your thigh bone. It's the longest, strongest bone in your body. It's a critical part of your ability to stand and move.
The long, straight part of the femur is called the femoral shaft. When there is a break anywhere along this length of bone, it is called a femoral shaft fracture. This type of broken leg almost always requires surgery to heal. The femoral shaft runs from below the hip to where the bone begins to widen at the knee.
When you pick unknown it means your doctor has no idea what bone is broken or just says generic "wrist fracture".
Depending on health and injury pattern this bone can take 3-4 months to heal without surgery. Physical therapy for knee range of motion is started around 6 weeks once bone has healed enough to prevent displacement with motion.
Full recovery from a femur fracture can take anywhere from 12 weeks to 12 months. But you are not alone. Most people experiencing a femur fracture can begin walking with the help of a physical therapist in the first day or two after injury and/or surgery.
Motor vehicle collisions, for example, are the number one cause of femur fractures. The long, straight part of the femur is called the femoral shaft. When there is a break anywhere along this length of bone, it is called a femoral shaft fracture. This type of broken leg almost always requires surgery to heal.
thigh boneThe thigh bone, or femur, is the large upper leg bone that connects the lower leg bones (knee joint) to the pelvic bone (hip joint).