Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 873.9
Other and unspecified open wound of head, complicated
  • Short description: Open wnd head NEC-compl.
  • ICD-9-CM 873.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 873.9 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 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 873.9.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 873.9: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 873.9 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S01.90XA Unspecified open wound of unspecified part of head, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S01.92XA Laceration with foreign body of unspecified part of head, initial encounter
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 873.9:
  • Avulsion (traumatic) 879.8
    • head (intracranial) NEC - see also Injury, intracranial, with open intracranial wound
      • complete 874.9
      • external site NEC 873.8
        • complicated 873.9
  • Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal) 879.8
    • 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
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