Non-specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 804.6
Open fractures involving skull or face with other bones with cerebral laceration and contusion
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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 804.6:
  • Fracture (abduction) (adduction) (avulsion) (compression) (crush) (dislocation) (oblique) (separation) (closed) 829.0
    • open 804.5
      • with
        • contusion, cerebral 804.6
        • epidural hemorrhage 804.7
        • extradural hemorrhage 804.7
        • hemorrhage (intracranial) NEC 804.8
        • intracranial injury NEC 804.9
        • laceration, cerebral 804.6
        • subarachnoid hemorrhage 804.7
        • subdural hemorrhage 804.7
      • vertebral column with other bones, except skull or face bones (sites classifiable to 805 or 806 with sites classifiable to 807-808 or 810-829) (closed) 809.0
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