873.21 - Open Wound Of Nasal Septum, Without Mention Of Complication
The ICD 9 Code for
Open wound of nasal septum, without mention of complication is listed as
873.21. 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: |
873.21 |
| Long Description: |
Open wound of nasal septum, without mention of complication |
| Short Description: |
Open wound nasal septum |
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| Chapter: |
Injury And Poisoning |
| Block: |
Open Wound Of Head, Neck, And Trunk (870-879) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): |
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| ICD-10-CM Code: |
S01.20XA - Unspecified open wound of nose, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: |
S01.21XA - Laceration without foreign body of nose, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: |
S01.23XA - Puncture wound without foreign body of nose, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: |
S01.25XA - Open bite of nose, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 873.21: |
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| 873.20 - Open wound of nose, unspecified site, without mention of complication |
| 873.22 - Open wound of nasal cavity, without mention of complication |
| 873.23 - Open wound of nasal sinus, without mention of complication |
| 873.29 - Open wound of multiple sites of nose, without mention of complication |
