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2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 879.7
Open wound of other and unspecified parts of trunk complicated
- Short description: Open wnd trunk NEC-compl.
- ICD-9-CM 879.7 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
- You are viewing the 2010 version of ICD-9-CM 879.7.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 879.7: 2011 2012 2013.
879.7 Alternative Terminology
- Open wound of pelvic region with complication
- Open wound of perineum with complication
- Open wound of pubic region with complication
- Open wound of trunk with complication
Convert 879.7 to ICD-10-CM 

ICD-9-CM 879.7 converts approximately to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM S31.020A Laceration with foreign body of lower back and pelvis without penetration into retroperitoneum, initial encounter
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 879.7:
- Laceration - see also Wound, open, by site
anus (sphincter) 879.6
perineum, perineal (old) (postpartal) 618.7

with
complicating delivery 664.4


first degree 664.0


second degree 664.1


third degree 664.2


fourth degree 664.3


central 664.4


involving

anal sphincter (healed) (old) 654.8


secondary 674.2

following
male 879.6


complicated 879.7

muscles, complicating delivery 664.1

nonpuerperal, current injury 879.6


complicated 879.7

secondary (postpartal) 674.2
- Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal) 879.8

anus 879.6

complicated 879.7
pelvic floor or region 879.6

complicated 879.7
perineum 879.6

complicated 879.7
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