Other fracture of head and neck of left femur, sequela

This code signifies a healed or residual condition resulting from a fracture to the head or neck of the left femur, other than a subcapital, transcervical, or basicervical type. It indicates that the initial acute injury has resolved, but the patient is still experiencing long-term effects or complications directly attributable to that past fracture.

This code is appropriate for documenting conditions such as chronic pain, malunion, nonunion, avascular necrosis, or degenerative arthritis that are direct sequelae of a previously sustained fracture to the head or neck of the left femur. It should be used when the patient is no longer in the acute phase of treatment for the original fracture but is being treated for its lasting consequences.

• Always assign an additional code to specify the nature of the sequela (e.g., M84.052A for malunion, M16.52 for post-traumatic osteoarthritis).
• Ensure documentation clearly links the current condition to the previous fracture of the left femoral head/neck.
• Do not use this code for acute or active treatment of the initial fracture; use the appropriate acute fracture code instead.