Specific code 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 874.9
Open wound of other and unspecified parts of neck complicated
  • Short description: OPN WOUND NECK NEC-COMPL.
  • ICD-9-CM 874.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 874.9 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 2007 version of ICD-9-CM 874.9.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 874.9: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 874.9 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S11.82XA Laceration with foreign body of other specified part of neck, initial encounter
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 874.9:
  • Amputation
    • head 874.9
  • Avulsion (traumatic) 879.8
    • head (intracranial) NEC - see also Injury, intracranial, with open intracranial wound
      • complete 874.9
      • external site NEC 873.8
  • Decapitation 874.9
    • fetal (to facilitate delivery) 763.89
  • Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal) 879.8
    • nape (neck) 874.8
      • complicated 874.9
      • specified part NEC 874.8
        • complicated 874.9
    • neck 874.8
      • complicated 874.9
      • nape 874.8
        • complicated 874.9
      • specified part NEC 874.8
        • complicated 874.9
    • supraclavicular region 874.8
      • complicated 874.9
    • throat 874.8
      • complicated 874.9
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