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Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 754.42
Congenital bowing of femur
  • Short description: Congen bowing of femur.
  • ICD-9-CM 754.42 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 754.42 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 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 754.42.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 754.42: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 754.42 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Q68.3 Congenital bowing of femur
Approximate Synonyms
  • Congenital bowing of bilat femurs
  • Congenital bowing of bilateral femurs
  • Congenital bowing of left femur
  • Congenital bowing of right femur
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 754.42:
  • Bowing
 754.41 ICD9Data.com 754.43 
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