M93.03 Acute on chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic)

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applies from M93 Other osteochondropathies

Excludes2 (not included here)

• osteochondrosis of spine (M42.-)

Applies from M93.0 Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic)

Applicable to

• Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
• Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE)

Use additional code

• code for associated chondrolysis (M94.3)

Codes under M93.03

• M93.031 Acute on chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic), right hip
• M93.032 Acute on chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic), left hip
• M93.033 Acute on chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic), unspecified hip
• M93.034 Acute on chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic), bilateral hips

Code annotations containing back-references to M93.03

Back-references to M93.0

• Type 1 Excludes: M91 Juvenile osteochondrosis of hip and pelvis ("slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic) (M93.0-)")
• Code First: M94.3 Chondrolysis ("any associated slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic) (M93.0-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: S72.13 Apophyseal fracture of femur ("chronic (nontraumatic) slipped upper femoral epiphysis (M93.0-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: S79.0 Physeal fracture of upper end of femur ("nontraumatic slipped upper femoral epiphysis (M93.0-)")

Back-references to M93

• Type 1 Excludes: M87 Osteonecrosis ("osteochondropathies (M90-M93)")

Diagnosis Index entries for M93.03

• Slipped, slipping › epiphysis (traumatic) › upper femoral (nontraumatic)[SUFE] › acute › on chronic

Nearby codes

• M93.02 Chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic)
• M93.021 Chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic), right hip
• M93.022 Chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic), left hip
• M93.023 Chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic), unspecified hip
• M93.024 Chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic), bilateral hips
• M93.03 Acute on chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic) (this code)
• M93.031 Acute on chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic), right hip
• M93.032 Acute on chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic), left hip
• M93.033 Acute on chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic), unspecified hip
• M93.034 Acute on chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic), bilateral hips
• M93.04 Acute slipped upper femoral epiphysis, unstable (nontraumatic)