2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 821.21 : Fracture of femoral condyle closed

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2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 821.21

Fracture of femoral condyle closed

Short description: Fx femoral condyle-close.
ICD-9-CM 821.21 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 821.21 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
You are viewing the 2010 version of ICD-9-CM 821.21.
More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 821.21: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.

Convert to ICD-10-CM: 821.21 converts approximately to:

2015/16 ICD-10-CM S72.413A Displaced unspecified condyle fracture of lower end of unspecified femur, initial encounter for closed fracture
Or:
2015/16 ICD-10-CM S72.416A Nondisplaced unspecified condyle fracture of lower end of unspecified femur, initial encounter for closed fracture

Approximate Synonyms

Closed fracture of left femoral condyle
Closed fracture of left lateral femoral condyle
Closed fracture of left medial femoral condyle
Closed fracture of right femoral condyle
Closed fracture of right lateral femoral condyle
Closed fracture of right medial femoral condyle
Left femur condyle (upper leg bone) fracture
Left femur condyle Fx
Left femur lateral condyle (upper leg bone) fracture
Left femur lateral condyle Fx
Left femur medial condyle (upper leg bone) fracture
Left femur medial condyle Fx
Right femur condyle (upper leg bone) fracture
Right femur condyle Fx
Right femur lateral condyle (upper leg bone) fracture
Right femur lateral condyle Fx
Right femur medial condyle (upper leg bone) fracture
Right femur medial condyle Fx

ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 821.21:

Fracture (abduction) (adduction) (avulsion) (compression) (crush) (dislocation) (oblique) (separation) (closed) 829.0
- femur, femoral (closed) 821.00
  - cervicotrochanteric 820.03
    - open 820.13
  - condyles, epicondyles 821.21
    - open 821.31
  - distal end - see Fracture, femur, lower end
  - epiphysis (separation)
    - capital 820.01
      - open 820.11
    - head 820.01
      - open 820.11
    - lower 821.22
      - open 821.32
    - trochanteric 820.01
      - open 820.11
    - upper 820.01
      - open 820.11
  - head 820.09
    - open 820.19
  - lower end or extremity (distal end) (closed) 821.20
    - condyles, epicondyles 821.21
      - open 821.31
    - epiphysis (separation) 821.22
      - open 821.32
    - multiple sites 821.29
      - open 821.39
    - open 821.30
    - specified site NEC 821.29
      - open 821.39
    - supracondylar 821.23
      - open 821.33
    - T-shaped 821.21
      - open 821.31
  - neck (closed) 820.8
    - base (cervicotrochanteric) 820.03
      - open 820.13
    - extracapsular 820.20
      - open 820.30
    - intertrochanteric (section) 820.21
      - open 820.31
    - intracapsular 820.00
      - open 820.10
    - intratrochanteric 820.21
      - open 820.31
    - midcervical 820.02
      - open 820.12
    - open 820.9
    - pathologic 733.14
      - specified part NEC 733.15
    - specified site NEC 820.09
      - open 820.19
    - transcervical 820.02
      - open 820.12
    - transtrochanteric 820.20
      - open 820.30
  - open 821.10
  - pathologic 733.14
    - specified part NEC 733.15
  - peritrochanteric (section) 820.20
    - open 820.30
  - shaft (lower third) (middle third) (upper third) 821.01
    - open 821.11
  - subcapital 820.09
    - open 820.19
  - subtrochanteric (region) (section) 820.22
    - open 820.32
  - supracondylar 821.23
    - open 821.33
  - transepiphyseal 820.01
    - open 820.11
  - trochanter (greater) (lesser) (see also Fracture, femur, neck, by site) 820.20
    - open 820.30
  - T-shaped, into knee joint 821.21
    - open 821.31
  - upper end 820.8
    - open 820.9

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