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873.59 - Open Wound Of Other And Multiple Sites Of Face, Complicated


The ICD 9 Code for Open wound of other and multiple sites of face, complicated is listed as 873.59.
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: 873.59
Long Description: Open wound of other and multiple sites of face, complicated
Short Description: Open wnd face NEC-compl
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Open Wound Of Head, Neck, And Trunk (870-879)
Related Descriptions: Contaminated complex laceration of circumoral region of face
Contaminated complex laceration of preauricular region of face
Contaminated simple laceration of circumoral region of face
Contaminated simple laceration of preauricular region of face
Multiple open wounds of face with complication
Open wound of multiple sites of face with complication
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: S01.82XA - Laceration with foreign body of other part of head, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 873.59:
873.50 - Open wound of face, unspecified site, complicated
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