2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 879.8 : Open wound(s) (multiple) of unspecified site(s) without complication

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2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 879.8

Open wound(s) (multiple) of unspecified site(s) without complication

Short description: Open wound site NOS.
ICD-9-CM 879.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 879.8 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).
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Convert to ICD-10-CM: 879.8 converts approximately to:

2015/16 ICD-10-CM S31.000A Unspecified open wound of lower back and pelvis without penetration into retroperitoneum, initial encounter

Approximate Synonyms

Abdomen transection
Accidental needle stick
Accidental needle stick injury
Accidental needle stick w body fluid exposure
Accidental needle stick with exposure to body fluids
Degloving injury
Gunshot wound
Laceration
Laceration - injury
Laceration of tendon
Open wound
Open wound by needle stick, with body fluid exposure
Puncture wound
Puncture wound - injury
Tendon laceration
Wound from gunshot

Applies To

Multiple open wounds NOS
Open wound NOS

ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 879.8:

Avulsion (traumatic) 879.8
- blood vessel - see Injury, blood vessel, by site
- cartilage - see also Dislocation, by site
  - knee, current (see also Tear, meniscus) 836.2
  - symphyseal (inner), complicating delivery 665.6
- complicated 879.9
- diaphragm - see Injury, internal, diaphragm
- ear - see Wound, open, ear
- epiphysis of bone - see Fracture, by site
- external site other than limb - see Wound, open, by site
- eye 871.3
- fingernail - see Wound, open, finger
- fracture - see Fracture, by site
- genital organs, external - see Wound, open, genital organs
- head (intracranial) NEC - see also Injury, intracranial, with open intracranial wound
  - complete 874.9
  - external site NEC 873.8
    - complicated 873.9
- internal organ or site - see Injury, internal, by site
- joint - see also Dislocation, by site
  - capsule - see Sprain, by site
- ligament - see Sprain, by site
- limb - see also Amputation, traumatic, by site
  - skin and subcutaneous tissue - see Wound, open, by site
- muscle - see Sprain, by site
- nerve (root) - see Injury, nerve, by site
- scalp - see Wound, open, scalp
- skin and subcutaneous tissue - see Wound, open, by site
- symphyseal cartilage (inner), complicating delivery 665.6
- tendon - see also Sprain, by site
  - with open wound - see Wound, open, by site
- toenail - see Wound, open, toe(s)
- tooth 873.63
  - complicated 873.73
Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal) 879.8
- abdomen, abdominal (external) (muscle) 879.2
  - complicated 879.3
  - wall (anterior) 879.2
    - complicated 879.3
    - lateral 879.4
      - complicated 879.5
- alveolar (process) 873.62
  - complicated 873.72
- ankle 891.0
  - with tendon involvement 891.2
  - complicated 891.1
- anterior chamber, eye (see also Wound, open, intraocular) 871.9
- anus 879.6
  - complicated 879.7
- arm 884.0
  - with tendon involvement 884.2
  - complicated 884.1
  - forearm 881.00
    - with tendon involvement 881.20
    - complicated 881.10
  - multiple sites - see Wound, open, multiple, upper limb
  - upper 880.03
    - with tendon involvement 880.23
    - complicated 880.13
    - multiple sites (with axillary or shoulder regions) 880.09
      - with tendon involvement 880.29
      - complicated 880.19
- artery - see Injury, blood vessel, by site
- auditory
  - canal (external) (meatus) 872.02
    - complicated 872.12
  - ossicles (incus) (malleus) (stapes) 872.62
    - complicated 872.72
- auricle, ear 872.01
  - complicated 872.11
- axilla 880.02
  - with tendon involvement 880.22
  - complicated 880.12
    - with tendon involvement 880.29
  - involving other sites of upper arm 880.09
    - complicated 880.19
- back 876.0
  - complicated 876.1
- bladder - see Injury, internal, bladder
- blood vessel - see Injury, blood vessel, by site
- brain - see Injury, intracranial, with open intracranial wound
- breast 879.0
  - complicated 879.1
- brow 873.42
  - complicated 873.52
- buccal mucosa 873.61
  - complicated 873.71
- buttock 877.0
  - complicated 877.1
- calf 891.0
  - with tendon involvement 891.2
  - complicated 891.1
- canaliculus lacrimalis 870.8
  - with laceration of eyelid 870.2
- canthus, eye 870.8
  - laceration - see Laceration, eyelid
- cavernous sinus - see Injury, intracranial
- cerebellum - see Injury, intracranial
- cervical esophagus 874.4
  - complicated 874.5
- cervix - see Injury, internal, cervix
- cheek(s) (external) 873.41
  - complicated 873.51
  - internal 873.61
    - complicated 873.71
- chest (wall) (external) 875.0
  - complicated 875.1
- chin 873.44
  - complicated 873.54
- choroid 363.63
- ciliary body (eye) (see also Wound, open, intraocular) 871.9
- clitoris 878.8
  - complicated 878.9
- cochlea 872.64
  - complicated 872.74
- complicated 879.9
- conjunctiva - see Wound, open, intraocular
- cornea (nonpenetrating) (see also Wound, open, intraocular) 871.9
- costal region 875.0
  - complicated 875.1
- Descemet's membrane (see also Wound, open, intraocular) 871.9
- digit(s)
  - foot 893.0
    - with tendon involvement 893.2
    - complicated 893.1
  - hand 883.0
    - with tendon involvement 883.2
    - complicated 883.1
- drumhead, ear 872.61
  - complicated 872.71
- ear 872.8
  - canal 872.02
    - complicated 872.12
  - complicated 872.9
  - drum 872.61
    - complicated 872.71
  - external 872.00
    - complicated 872.10
  - multiple sites 872.69
    - complicated 872.79
  - ossicles (incus) (malleus) (stapes) 872.62
    - complicated 872.72
  - specified part NEC 872.69
    - complicated 872.79
- elbow 881.01
  - with tendon involvement 881.21
  - complicated 881.11
- epididymis 878.2
  - complicated 878.3
- epigastric region 879.2
  - complicated 879.3
- epiglottis 874.01
  - complicated 874.11
- esophagus (cervical) 874.4
  - complicated 874.5
  - thoracic - see Injury, internal, esophagus
- Eustachian tube 872.63
  - complicated 872.73
- extremity
  - lower (multiple) NEC 894.0
    - with tendon involvement 894.2
    - complicated 894.1
  - upper (multiple) NEC 884.0
    - with tendon involvement 884.2
    - complicated 884.1
- eye(s) (globe) - see Wound, open, intraocular
- eyeball NEC 871.9
  - laceration (see also Laceration, eyeball) 871.4
  - penetrating (see also Penetrating wound, eyeball) 871.7
- eyebrow 873.42
  - complicated 873.52
- eyelid NEC 870.8
  - laceration - see Laceration, eyelid
- face 873.40
  - complicated 873.50
  - multiple sites 873.49
    - complicated 873.59
  - specified part NEC 873.49
    - complicated 873.59
- fallopian tube - see Injury, internal, fallopian tube
- finger(s) (nail) (subungual) 883.0
  - with tendon involvement 883.2
  - complicated 883.1
- flank 879.4
  - complicated 879.5
- foot (any part, except toe(s) alone) 892.0
  - with tendon involvement 892.2
  - complicated 892.1
- forearm 881.00
  - with tendon involvement 881.20
  - complicated 881.10
- forehead 873.42
  - complicated 873.52
- genital organs (external) NEC 878.8
  - complicated 878.9
  - internal - see Injury, internal, by site
- globe (eye) (see also Wound, open, eyeball) 871.9
- groin 879.4
  - complicated 879.5
- gum(s) 873.62
  - complicated 873.72
- hand (except finger(s) alone) 882.0
  - with tendon involvement 882.2
  - complicated 882.1
- head NEC 873.8
  - with intracranial injury - see Injury, intracranial
    - due to or associated with skull fracture - see Fracture, skull
  - complicated 873.9
  - scalp - see Wound, open, scalp
- heel 892.0
  - with tendon involvement 892.2
  - complicated 892.1
- high-velocity (grease gun) - see Wound, open, complicated, by site
- hip 890.0
  - with tendon involvement 890.2
  - complicated 890.1
- hymen 878.6
  - complicated 878.7
- hypochondrium 879.4
  - complicated 879.5
- hypogastric region 879.2
  - complicated 879.3
- iliac (region) 879.4
  - complicated 879.5
- incidental to
  - dislocation - see Dislocation, open, by site
  - fracture - see Fracture, open, by site
  - intracranial injury - see Injury, intracranial, with open intracranial wound
  - nerve injury - see Injury, nerve, by site
- inguinal region 879.4
  - complicated 879.5
- instep 892.0
  - with tendon involvement 892.2
  - complicated 892.1
- interscapular region 876.0
  - complicated 876.1
- intracranial - see Injury, intracranial, with open intracranial wound
- intraocular 871.9
  - with
    - partial loss (of intraocular tissue) 871.2
    - prolapse or exposure (of intraocular tissue) 871.1
  - laceration (see also Laceration, eyeball) 871.4
  - penetrating 871.7
    - with foreign body (nonmagnetic) 871.6
      - magnetic 871.5
  - without prolapse (of intraocular tissue) 871.0
- iris (see also Wound, open, eyeball) 871.9
- jaw (fracture not involved) 873.44
  - with fracture - see Fracture, jaw
  - complicated 873.54
- knee 891.0
  - with tendon involvement 891.2
  - complicated 891.1
- labium (majus) (minus) 878.4
  - complicated 878.5
- lacrimal apparatus, gland, or sac 870.8
  - with laceration of eyelid 870.2
- larynx 874.01
  - with trachea 874.00
    - complicated 874.10
  - complicated 874.11
- leg (multiple) 891.0
  - with tendon involvement 891.2
  - complicated 891.1
  - lower 891.0
    - with tendon involvement 891.2
    - complicated 891.1
  - thigh 890.0
    - with tendon involvement 890.2
    - complicated 890.1
  - upper 890.0
    - with tendon involvement 890.2
    - complicated 890.1
- lens (eye) (alone) (see also Cataract, traumatic) 366.20
  - with involvement of other eye structures - see Wound, open, eyeball
- limb
  - lower (multiple) NEC 894.0
    - with tendon involvement 894.2
    - complicated 894.1
  - upper (multiple) NEC 884.0
    - with tendon involvement 884.2
    - complicated 884.1
- lip 873.43
  - complicated 873.53
- loin 876.0
  - complicated 876.1
- lumbar region 876.0
  - complicated 876.1
- malar region 873.41
  - complicated 873.51
- mastoid region 873.49
  - complicated 873.59
- mediastinum - see Injury, internal, mediastinum
- midthoracic region 875.0
  - complicated 875.1
- mouth 873.60
  - complicated 873.70
  - floor 873.64
    - complicated 873.74
  - multiple sites 873.69
    - complicated 873.79
  - specified site NEC 873.69
    - complicated 873.79
- multiple, unspecified site(s) 879.8
  - complicated 879.9
  - lower limb(s) (one or both) (sites classifiable to more than one three-digit category in 890-893) 894.0
    - with tendon involvement 894.2
    - complicated 894.1
  - upper limb(s) (one or both) (sites classifiable to more than one three-digit category in 880-883) 884.0
    - with tendon involvement 884.2
    - complicated 884.1
- muscle - see Sprain, by site
- nail
  - finger(s) 883.0
    - complicated 883.1
  - thumb 883.0
    - complicated 883.1
  - toe(s) 893.0
    - complicated 893.1
- nape (neck) 874.8
  - complicated 874.9
  - specified part NEC 874.8
    - complicated 874.9
- nasal - see also Wound, open, nose
  - cavity 873.22
    - complicated 873.32
  - septum 873.21
    - complicated 873.31
  - sinuses 873.23
    - complicated 873.33
- nasopharynx 873.22
  - complicated 873.32
- neck 874.8
  - complicated 874.9
  - nape 874.8
    - complicated 874.9
  - specified part NEC 874.8
    - complicated 874.9
- nerve - see Injury, nerve, by site
- non-healing surgical 998.83
- nose 873.20
  - complicated 873.30
  - multiple sites 873.29
    - complicated 873.39
  - septum 873.21
    - complicated 873.31
  - sinuses 873.23
    - complicated 873.33
- occipital region - see Wound, open, scalp
- ocular NEC 871.9
  - adnexa 870.9
    - specified region NEC 870.8
  - laceration (see also Laceration, ocular) 871.4
  - muscle (extraocular) 870.3
    - with foreign body 870.4
    - eyelid 870.1
    - intraocular - see Wound, open, eyeball
  - penetrating (see also Penetrating wound, ocular) 871.7
- orbit 870.8
  - penetrating 870.3
    - with foreign body 870.4
- orbital region 870.9
- ovary - see Injury, internal, pelvic organs
- palate 873.65
  - complicated 873.75
- palm 882.0
  - with tendon involvement 882.2
  - complicated 882.1
- parathyroid (gland) 874.2
  - complicated 874.3
- parietal region - see Wound, open, scalp
- pelvic floor or region 879.6
  - complicated 879.7
- penis 878.0
  - complicated 878.1
- perineum 879.6
  - complicated 879.7
- periocular area 870.8
  - laceration of skin 870.0
- pharynx 874.4
  - complicated 874.5
- pinna 872.01
  - complicated 872.11
- popliteal space 891.0
  - with tendon involvement 891.2
  - complicated 891.1
- prepuce 878.0
  - complicated 878.1
- pubic region 879.2
  - complicated 879.3
- pudenda 878.8
  - complicated 878.9
- rectovaginal septum 878.8
  - complicated 878.9
- sacral region 877.0
  - complicated 877.1
- sacroiliac region 877.0
  - complicated 877.1
- salivary (ducts) (glands) 873.69
  - complicated 873.79
- scalp 873.0
  - complicated 873.1
- scalpel, fetus or newborn 767.8
- scapular region 880.01
  - with tendon involvement 880.21
  - complicated 880.11
  - involving other sites of upper arm 880.09
    - with tendon involvement 880.29
    - complicated 880.19
- sclera (see also Wound, open, intraocular) 871.9
- scrotum 878.2
  - complicated 878.3
- seminal vesicle - see Injury, internal, pelvic organs
- shin 891.0
  - with tendon involvement 891.2
  - complicated 891.1
- shoulder 880.00
  - with tendon involvement 880.20
  - complicated 880.10
  - involving other sites of upper arm 880.09
    - with tendon involvement 880.29
    - complicated 880.19
- skin NEC 879.8
  - complicated 879.9
- skull - see also Injury, intracranial, with open intracranial wound
  - with skull fracture - see Fracture, skull
- spermatic cord (scrotal) 878.2
  - complicated 878.3
  - pelvic region - see Injury, internal, spermatic cord
- spinal cord - see Injury, spinal
- sternal region 875.0
  - complicated 875.1
- subconjunctival - see Wound, open, intraocular
- subcutaneous NEC 879.8
  - complicated 879.9
- submaxillary region 873.44
  - complicated 873.54
- submental region 873.44
  - complicated 873.54
- subungual
  - finger(s) (thumb) - see Wound, open, finger
  - toe(s) - see Wound, open, toe
- supraclavicular region 874.8
  - complicated 874.9
- supraorbital 873.42
  - complicated 873.52
- surgical, non-healing 998.83
- temple 873.49
  - complicated 873.59
- temporal region 873.49
  - complicated 873.59
- testis 878.2
  - complicated 878.3
- thigh 890.0
  - with tendon involvement 890.2
  - complicated 890.1
- thorax, thoracic (external) 875.0
  - complicated 875.1
- throat 874.8
  - complicated 874.9
- thumb (nail) (subungual) 883.0
  - with tendon involvement 883.2
  - complicated 883.1
- thyroid (gland) 874.2
  - complicated 874.3
- toe(s) (nail) (subungual) 893.0
  - with tendon involvement 893.2
  - complicated 893.1
- tongue 873.64
  - complicated 873.74
- tonsil - see Wound, open, neck
- trachea (cervical region) 874.02
  - with larynx 874.00
    - complicated 874.10
  - complicated 874.12
  - intrathoracic - see Injury, internal, trachea
- trunk (multiple) NEC 879.6
  - complicated 879.7
  - specified site NEC 879.6
    - complicated 879.7
- tunica vaginalis 878.2
  - complicated 878.3
- tympanic membrane 872.61
  - complicated 872.71
- tympanum 872.61
  - complicated 872.71
- umbilical region 879.2
  - complicated 879.3
- ureter - see Injury, internal, ureter
- urethra - see Injury, internal, urethra
- uterus - see Injury, internal, uterus
- uvula 873.69
  - complicated 873.79
- vagina 878.6
  - complicated 878.7
- vas deferens - see Injury, internal, vas deferens
- vitreous (humor) 871.2
- vulva 878.4
  - complicated 878.5
- wrist 881.02
  - with tendon involvement 881.22
  - complicated 881.12

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