894.0 OPEN WOUND OF LEG NEC

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 894.0

Short Description: Open wound of leg NEC

Long Description: Multiple and unspecified open wound of lower limb, without mention of complication

Code Classification:

Injury and poisoning (800–999)
- Open wound of lower limb (890-897)
  - 894 Multiple and unspecified open wound of lower limb
    - 894.0 Open wound of leg NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 894.0 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
- extremity
  - lower (multiple) NEC 894.0
    - with tendon involvement 894.2
    - complicated 894.1
- limb
  - lower (multiple) NEC 894.0
    - with tendon involvement 894.2
    - complicated 894.1
- multiple, unspecified site(s) 879.8
  - lower limb(s) (one or both) (sites classifiable to more than one three-digit category in 890-893) 894.0
    - with tendon involvement 894.2
    - complicated 894.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 894.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
894.0		S71.009A	Unspecified open wound, unspecified hip, initial encounter

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
894.1	Multiple and unspecified open wound of lower limb, complicated
894.2	Multiple and unspecified open wound of lower limb, with tendon involvement

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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