879.1 OPEN WOUND BREAST-COMPL


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 879.1

Short Description: Open wound breast-compl

Long Description: Open wound of breast, complicated

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Open wound of head, neck, and trunk (870-879)
      • 879 Open wound of other and unspecified sites, except limbs
        • 879.1 Open wound breast-compl

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 879.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal) 879.8
    • breast 879.0
      • complicated 879.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 879.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
879.1 Right Arrow S21.029A Laceration with foreign body of unsp breast, init encntr
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
879.0 Open wound of breast, without mention of complication
879.2 Open wound of abdominal wall, anterior, without mention of complication
879.3 Open wound of abdominal wall, anterior, complicated
879.4 Open wound of abdominal wall, lateral, without mention of complication
879.5 Open wound of abdominal wall, lateral, complicated
879.6 Open wound of other and unspecified parts of trunk, without mention of complication
879.7 Open wound of other and unspecified parts of trunk, complicated
879.8 Open wound(s) (multiple) of unspecified site(s), without mention of complication
879.9 Open wound(s) (multiple) of unspecified site(s), complicated


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