872.10 - Open Wound Of External Ear, Unspecified Site, Complicated
The ICD 9 Code for Open wound of external ear, unspecified site, complicated is listed as 872.10.
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: | 872.10 |
| Long Description: | Open wound of external ear, unspecified site, complicated |
| Short Description: | Opn wnd ex ear NOS-compl |
| Chapter: | Injury And Poisoning |
| Block: | Open Wound Of Head, Neck, And Trunk (870-879) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | S01.329A - Laceration with foreign body of unspecified ear, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 872.10: | |
| 872.11 - Open wound of auricle, ear, complicated | |
| 872.12 - Open wound of auditory canal, complicated | |