908.9 LATE EFFECT INJURY NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 908.9

Short Description: Late effect injury NOS

Long Description: Late effect of unspecified injury

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Late effects of injuries, poisonings, toxic effects, and other external causes (905-909)
      • 908 Late effects of other and unspecified injuries
        • 908.9 Late effect injury NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 908.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Late - see also condition
    • effect(s) (of) - see also condition
      • injury (injury classifiable to 959) 908.9
        • blood vessel 908.3
          • abdomen and pelvis (injury classifiable to 902) 908.4
          • extremity (injury classifiable to 903-904) 908.3
          • head and neck (injury classifiable to 900) 908.3
            • intracranial (injury classifiable to 850-854) 907.0
              • with skull fracture 905.0
          • thorax (injury classifiable to 901) 908.4
        • internal organ NEC (injury classifiable to 867 and 869) 908.2
          • abdomen (injury classifiable to 863-866 and 868) 908.1
          • thorax (injury classifiable to 860-862) 908.0
        • intracranial (injury classifiable to 850-854) 907.0
          • with skull fracture (injury classifiable to 800-801 and 803-804) 905.0
        • nerve NEC (injury classifiable to 957) 907.9
          • cranial (injury classifiable to 950-951) 907.1
          • peripheral NEC (injury classifiable to 957) 907.9
            • lower limb and pelvic girdle (injury classifiable to 956) 907.5
            • upper limb and shoulder girdle (injury classifiable to 955) 907.4
          • roots and plexus(es), spinal (injury classifiable to 953) 907.3
          • trunk (injury classifiable to 954) 907.3
        • spinal
          • cord (injury classifiable to 806 and 952) 907.2
          • nerve root(s) and plexus(es) (injury classifiable to 953) 907.3
        • superficial (injury classifiable to 910-919) 906.2
        • tendon (tendon injury classifiable to 840-848, 880-884 with .2, and 890-894 with .2) 905.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 908.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
908.9 Right Arrow S09.90XS Unspecified injury of head, sequela
S16.9XXS Unsp injury of musc/fasc/tend at neck level, sequela
S29.9XXS Unspecified injury of thorax, sequela
S39.91XS Unspecified injury of abdomen, sequela
S39.92XS Unspecified injury of lower back, sequela
S39.93XS Unspecified injury of pelvis, sequela
S39.94XS Unspecified injury of external genitals, sequela
S49.90XS Unsp injury of shoulder and upper arm, unsp arm, sequela
S59.909S Unspecified injury of unspecified elbow, sequela
S69.90XS Unsp injury of unsp wrist, hand and finger(s), sequela
S79.919S Unspecified injury of unspecified hip, sequela
S79.929S Unspecified injury of unspecified thigh, sequela
S89.90XS Unspecified injury of unspecified lower leg, sequela
S99.919S Unspecified injury of unspecified ankle, sequela
S99.929S Unspecified injury of unspecified foot, sequela
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
908.0 Late effect of internal injury to chest
908.1 Late effect of internal injury to intra-abdominal organs
908.2 Late effect of internal injury to other internal organs
908.3 Late effect of injury to blood vessel of head, neck, and extremities
908.4 Late effect of injury to blood vessel of thorax, abdomen, and pelvis
908.5 Late effect of foreign body in orifice
908.6 Late effect of certain complications of trauma


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