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2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 755.37
Longitudinal deficiency, fibular, complete or partial (with or without distal deficiencies, incomplete)
- Short description: Longitudin defic fibula.
- ICD-9-CM 755.37 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 755.37 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 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 755.37.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 755.37: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
755.37 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Q72.60 Longitudinal reduction defect of unspecified fibula
Approximate Synonyms
- Bilateral longitudinal deficiency of fibulas
- Congenital absence of fibula
- Fibular hemimelia
- Longitudinal deficiency of fibula
- Longitudinal deficiency of left fibula
- Longitudinal deficiency of right fibula
- Longitudinal reduction defect of bilat fibulas
- Longitudinal reduction defect of bilateral fibulas
- Longitudinal reduction defect of fibula
- Longitudinal reduction defect of L fibula
- Longitudinal reduction defect of left fibula
- Longitudinal reduction defect of R fibula
- Longitudinal reduction defect of right fibula
Applies To
- Agenesis of fibula
- Congenital absence of fibula (with or without absence of some [but not all] distal elements)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
755.37:
- Absence (organ or part) (complete or partial)
fibula, congenital (complete) (partial) (with absence of distal elements, incomplete) (see also Deformity, reduction, lower limb) 755.37![](/images/16x16.gif)
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complete absence of distal elements 755.31![](/images/note.png)
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tibia 755.35![](/images/note.png)
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complete absence of distal elements 755.31![](/images/note.png)
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femur (incomplete) 755.33![](/images/note.png)
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with complete absence of distal elements 755.31![](/images/note.png)
- Agenesis - see also Absence, by site, congenital
fibula NEC (see also Absence, fibula, congenital) 755.37
- Deficiency, deficient
lower limb V49.0![](/images/note.png)
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congenital 755.30![](/images/note.png)
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with complete absence of distal elements 755.31![](/images/note.png)
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longitudinal (complete) (partial) (with distal deficiencies, incomplete) 755.32![](/images/note.png)
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transverse 755.31![](/images/note.png)
- Deformity 738.9
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reduction (extremity) (limb) 755.4![](/images/note.png)
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brain 742.2![](/images/note.png)
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lower limb 755.30![](/images/note.png)
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with complete absence of distal elements 755.31![](/images/note.png)
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longitudinal (complete) (partial) (with distal deficiencies, incomplete) 755.32![](/images/note.png)
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transverse 755.31![](/images/note.png)
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upper limb 755.20![](/images/note.png)
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with complete absence of distal elements 755.21![](/images/note.png)
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longitudinal (complete) (partial) (with distal deficiencies, incomplete) 755.22![](/images/note.png)
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transverse (complete) (partial) 755.21![](/images/note.png)
- Hemimelia 755.4
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lower limb 755.30![](/images/note.png)
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paraxial (complete) (incomplete) (intercalary) (terminal) 755.32![](/images/note.png)
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transverse (complete) (partial) 755.31![](/images/note.png)
- Hypoplasia, hypoplasis 759.89
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fibula (see also Absence, fibula, congenital) 755.37
- Meromelia 755.4
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