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874.5 - Open Wound Of Pharynx, Complicated


The ICD 9 Code for Open wound of pharynx, complicated is listed as 874.5.
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: 874.5
Long Description: Open wound of pharynx, complicated
Short Description: Open wound pharynx-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: S11.22XA - Laceration with foreign body of pharynx and cervical esophagus, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 874.5:
874.2 - Open wound of thyroid gland, without mention of complication
874.3 - Open wound of thyroid gland, complicated
874.4 - Open wound of pharynx, without mention of complication
874.8 - Open wound of other and unspecified parts of neck, without mention of complication
874.9 - Open wound of other and unspecified parts of neck, complicated