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873.50 - Open Wound Of Face, Unspecified Site, Complicated


The ICD 9 Code for Open wound of face, unspecified site, complicated is listed as 873.50.
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: 873.50
Long Description: Open wound of face, unspecified site, complicated
Short Description: Open wnd face 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: S09.93XA - Unspecified injury of face, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 873.50:
873.51 - Open wound of cheek, complicated
873.52 - Open wound of forehead, complicated
873.53 - Open wound of lip, complicated
873.54 - Open wound of jaw, complicated
873.59 - Open wound of other and multiple sites of face, complicated