Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 873.73
Open wound of tooth (broken) (fractured) (due to trauma), complicated
  • Short description: Broken tooth-complicated.
  • ICD-9-CM 873.73 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 873.73 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 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 873.73.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 873.73: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 873.73 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S02.5XXA Fracture of tooth (traumatic), initial encounter for closed fracture
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S02.5XXB Fracture of tooth (traumatic), initial encounter for open fracture
873.73 Excludes
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 873.73:
  • Avulsion (traumatic) 879.8
    • tooth 873.63
      • complicated 873.73
  • Broken
    • tooth, teeth 873.63
      • complicated 873.73
  • Fracture (abduction) (adduction) (avulsion) (compression) (crush) (dislocation) (oblique) (separation) (closed) 829.0
    • root, tooth 873.63
      • complicated 873.73
    • tooth (root) 873.63
      • complicated 873.73
  • Injury 959.9
    • tooth NEC 873.63
      • complicated 873.73
  • Odontoclasis 873.63
    • complicated 873.73
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