870.8 OPN WND OCULAR ADNEX NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 870.8

Short Description: Opn wnd ocular adnex NEC

Long Description: Other specified open wounds of ocular adnexa

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Open wound of head, neck, and trunk (870-879)
      • 870 Open wound of ocular adnexa
        • 870.8 Opn wnd ocular adnex NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Avulsion of periorbital region
  • Complex periorbital laceration
  • Contaminated complex periorbital laceration
  • Contaminated simple periorbital laceration
  • Dog bite of eye region
  • Laceration of eyelid
  • Open wound of eyelid
  • Perforating wound of eyelid
  • Periocular open wound
  • Simple periorbital laceration

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 870.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Injury 959.9
    • gland
      • lacrimal 921.1
        • laceration 870.8
    • lacrimal apparatus, gland, or sac 921.1
      • laceration 870.8
  • Laceration - see also Wound, open, by site
    • eyelid NEC 870.8
      • full thickness 870.1
        • involving lacrimal passages 870.2
      • skin (and periocular area) 870.0
        • penetrating - see Penetrating wound, orbit
    • ocular NEC (see also Laceration, eyeball) 871.4
      • adnexa NEC 870.8
        • penetrating 870.3
          • with foreign body 870.4
    • orbit (eye) 870.8
      • penetrating 870.3
        • with foreign body 870.4
  • Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal) 879.8
    • canaliculus lacrimalis 870.8
      • with laceration of eyelid 870.2
    • canthus, eye 870.8
      • laceration - see Laceration, eyelid
    • eyelid NEC 870.8
      • laceration - see Laceration, eyelid
    • lacrimal apparatus, gland, or sac 870.8
      • with laceration of eyelid 870.2
    • ocular NEC 871.9
      • adnexa 870.9
        • specified region NEC 870.8
    • orbit 870.8
      • penetrating 870.3
        • with foreign body 870.4
    • periocular area 870.8
      • laceration of skin 870.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 870.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
870.8 Right Arrow S01.109A Unsp open wound of unsp eyelid and periocular area, init
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
870.0 Laceration of skin of eyelid and periocular area
870.1 Laceration of eyelid, full-thickness, not involving lacrimal passages
870.2 Laceration of eyelid involving lacrimal passages
870.3 Penetrating wound of orbit, without mention of foreign body
870.4 Penetrating wound of orbit with foreign body
870.9 Unspecified open wound of ocular adnexa


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