873.42 - Open Wound Of Forehead, Without Mention Of Complication
The ICD 9 Code for Open wound of forehead, without mention of complication is listed as 873.42.
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: | 873.42 |
| Long Description: | Open wound of forehead, without mention of complication |
| Short Description: | Open wound of forehead |
| 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: | S01.80XA - Unspecified open wound of other part of head, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 873.42: | |
| 873.40 - Open wound of face, unspecified site, without mention of complication | |
| 873.41 - Open wound of cheek, without mention of complication | |
| 873.43 - Open wound of lip, without mention of complication | |
| 873.44 - Open wound of jaw, without mention of complication | |
| 873.49 - Open wound of other and multiple sites of face, without mention of complication | |