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913.9 - Other And Unspecified Superficial Injury Of Elbow, Forearm, And Wrist, Infected


The ICD 9 Code for Other and unspecified superficial injury of elbow, forearm, and wrist, infected is listed as 913.9.
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: 913.9
Long Description: Other and unspecified superficial injury of elbow, forearm, and wrist, infected
Short Description: Suprf inj forarm NEC-inf
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Superficial Injury (910-919)
Related Descriptions: Superficial injury of elbow with infection
Superficial injury of forearm with infection
Superficial injury of wrist with infection
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: Combination:
S50.909A - Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified elbow, initial encounter
OR
S50.919A - Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified forearm, initial encounter
OR
S60.919A - Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified wrist, initial encounter
with
L08.89 - Other specified local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 913.9:
913.0 - Abrasion or friction burn of elbow, forearm, and wrist, without mention of infection
913.1 - Abrasion or friction burn of elbow, forearm, and wrist, infected
913.2 - Blister of elbow, forearm, and wrist, without mention of infection
913.3 - Blister of elbow, forearm, and wrist, infected
913.4 - Insect bite, nonvenomous of elbow, forearm, and wrist, without mention of infection
913.5 - Insect bite, nonvenomous, of elbow, forearm, and wrist, infected
913.6 - Superficial foreign body (splinter) of elbow, forearm, and wrist, without major open wound and without mention of infection
913.7 - Superficial foreign body (splinter) of elbow, forearm, and wrist, without major open wound, infected
913.8 - Other and unspecified superficial injury of elbow, forearm, and wrist, without mention of infection