880.02 OPEN WOUND OF AXILLA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 880.02

Short Description: Open wound of axilla

Long Description: Open wound of axillary region, without mention of complication

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Open wound of upper limb (880-887)
      • 880 Open wound of shoulder and upper arm
        • 880.02 Open wound of axilla

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 880.02 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
    • axilla 880.02
      • with tendon involvement 880.22
      • complicated 880.12
        • with tendon involvement 880.29
      • involving other sites of upper arm 880.09
        • complicated 880.19

Crosswalk Information

The code 880.02 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
880.02 Right Arrow S41.009A Unspecified open wound of unspecified shoulder, 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
880.00 Open wound of shoulder region, without mention of complication
880.01 Open wound of scapular region, without mention of complication
880.03 Open wound of upper arm, without mention of complication
880.09 Open wound of multiple sites of shoulder and upper arm, without mention of complication
880.10 Open wound of shoulder region, complicated
880.11 Open wound of scapular region, complicated
880.12 Open wound of axillary region, complicated
880.13 Open wound of upper arm, complicated
880.19 Open wound of multiple sites of shoulder and upper arm, complicated
880.20 Open wound of shoulder region, with tendon involvement
880.21 Open wound of scapular region, with tendon involvement
880.22 Open wound of axillary region, with tendon involvement
880.23 Open wound of upper arm, with tendon involvement
880.29 Open wound of multiple sites of shoulder and upper arm, with tendon involvement


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