2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 873.20
Open wound of nose, unspecified site, without mention of complication
- 2014
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- Short description: Open wound of nose NOS.
- ICD-9-CM 873.20 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 873.20 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 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 873.20.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 873.20: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
873.20 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S01.20XA Unspecified open wound of nose, initial encounter
Or:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S01.21XA Laceration without foreign body of nose, initial encounter
Or:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S01.23XA Puncture wound without foreign body of nose, initial encounter
Or:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S01.25XA Open bite of nose, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
- Laceration of nose
- Nose laceration
- Open animal bite of nose
- Open bite of nose
- Open cat bite of nose
- Open dog bite of nose
- Open human bite of nose
- Open wound of nose
- Partial traumatic nose amputation
- Puncture wound of nose
- Traumatic amputation of nose
- Traumatic amputation of part of nose
- Traumatic nose amputation
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
873.20:
- Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal) 879.8
nose 873.20
complicated 
