Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 959.8
Other specified sites, including multiple injury
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Injury mlt site/site NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 959.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 959.8 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).
  • You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 959.8.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 959.8: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 959.8 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM T07 Unspecified multiple injuries
Approximate Synonyms
  • Bite to own tongue
  • Calcified hematoma of head
  • Endocrine injury
  • Explosion on aircraft while taking off, occupant of commercial aircraft in surface to air transport injured
  • Foreign body in bone
  • Foreign body in fallopian tube
  • Foreign body in ovary
  • Foreign body of endocrine structure
  • Foreign body of neurological structure
  • Foreign body of skin of perineum
  • Injury involving multiple body regions
  • Injury of back of chest
  • Injury of connective tissue
  • Injury of intrinsic muscle of left index finger
  • Injury of intrinsic muscle of left middle finger
  • Injury of intrinsic muscle of left ring finger
  • Injury of intrinsic muscle of right index finger
  • Injury of intrinsic muscle of right left little
  • Injury of intrinsic muscle of right little finger
  • Injury of intrinsic muscle of right middle finger
  • Injury of intrinsic muscle of right ring finger
  • Injury of muscle and tendon of abdomen, lower back and pelvis
  • Injury of musculoskeletal system
  • Injury of nail
  • Injury of radius
  • Injury of teeth
  • Injury of ulna
  • Injury of upper extremity
  • Left hand intrinsic muscle injury, index finger
  • Left hand intrinsic muscle injury, little finger
  • Left hand intrinsic muscle injury, middle finger
  • Left hand intrinsic muscle injury, ring finger
  • Multiple injuries
  • Radiation injury of bone marrow
  • Right hand intrinsic muscle injury, index finger
  • Right hand intrinsic muscle injury, little finger
  • Right hand intrinsic muscle injury, middle finger
  • Right hand intrinsic muscle injury, ring finger
  • Sensory organ injury
  • Severe multiple injuries
  • Traumatic division of extensor tendon of toe
  • Traumatic injury of skeletal muscle
  • Victim of trauma with multiple injuries
  • Vocal cord trauma
959.8 Excludes
  • multiple sites classifiable to the same four-digit category (959.0-959.7)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 959.8:
  • Injury 959.9
    • extremity (lower) (upper) NEC 959.8
    • multiple (sites not classifiable to the same four-digit category in 959.0-959.7) 959.8
    • specified site NEC 959.8
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