Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 733.42
Aseptic necrosis of head and neck of femur
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Aseptic necrosis femur.
  • ICD-9-CM 733.42 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 733.42 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 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 733.42.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 733.42: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 733.42 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M87.059 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of unspecified femur
Approximate Synonyms
  • Aseptic necrosis of capital femoral epiphysis
  • Aseptic necrosis of femur head
  • Aseptic necrosis of hip
  • Aseptic necrosis of L femur head
  • Aseptic necrosis of left femur head
  • Aseptic necrosis of left hip
  • Aseptic necrosis of R femur head
  • Aseptic necrosis of right femur head
  • Aseptic necrosis of right hip
  • Avascular necrosis of bone of hip
  • Avascular necrosis of hip
  • Avascular necrosis of the capital femoral epiphysis
  • Drug induced aseptic necrosis of femur
  • Drug induced aseptic necrosis of L femur
  • Drug induced aseptic necrosis of left femur
  • Drug induced aseptic necrosis of R femur
  • Drug induced aseptic necrosis of right femur
  • Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of femur
  • Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of left femur
  • Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of right femur
  • Osteonecrosis of femur due to drugs
  • Osteonecrosis of femur due to trauma
  • Osteonecrosis of left femur due to drugs
  • Osteonecrosis of left femur due to previous trauma
  • Osteonecrosis of right femur due to drugs
  • Osteonecrosis of right femur due to previous trauma
  • Trauma induced aseptic necrosis of femur
  • Trauma induced aseptic necrosis of L femur
  • Trauma induced aseptic necrosis of left femur
  • Trauma induced aseptic necrosis of R femur
  • Trauma induced aseptic necrosis of right femur
733.42 Excludes
  • Legg-CalvĂ©-Perthes disease (732.1)
Applies To
  • Femur NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 733.42:
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