805.5 - Open Fracture Of Lumbar Vertebra Without Mention Of Spinal Cord Injury

The ICD 9 Code for Open fracture of lumbar vertebra without mention of spinal cord injury is listed as 805.5.
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:	805.5
Long Description:	Open fracture of lumbar vertebra without mention of spinal cord injury
Short Description:	Fx lumbar 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:	S32.009B - Unspecified fracture of unspecified lumbar vertebra, initial encounter for open fracture (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 805.5:
805.2 - Closed fracture of dorsal [thoracic] vertebra without mention of spinal cord injury
805.3 - Open fracture of dorsal [thoracic] vertebra without mention of spinal cord injury
805.4 - Closed fracture of lumbar vertebra without mention of spinal cord injury
805.6 - 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