805.3 - Open Fracture Of Dorsal [thoracic] Vertebra Without Mention Of Spinal Cord Injury

The ICD 9 Code for Open fracture of dorsal [thoracic] vertebra without mention of spinal cord injury is listed as 805.3.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	805.3
Long Description:	Open fracture of dorsal [thoracic] vertebra without mention of spinal cord injury
Short Description:	Fx dorsal vertebra-open

Chapter:	Injury And Poisoning
Block:	Fracture Of Spine And Trunk (805-809)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code:	S22.009B - Unspecified fracture of unspecified thoracic vertebra, initial encounter for open fracture (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 805.3:
805.2 - Closed fracture of dorsal [thoracic] vertebra without mention of spinal cord injury
805.4 - Closed fracture of lumbar vertebra without mention of spinal cord injury
805.5 - Open fracture of lumbar vertebra without mention of spinal cord injury
805.6 - Closed fracture of sacrum and coccyx without mention of spinal cord injury
805.7 - Open fracture of sacrum and coccyx without mention of spinal cord injury
805.8 - Closed fracture of unspecified vertebral column without mention of spinal cord injury
805.9 - Open fracture of unspecified vertebral column without mention of spinal cord injury