881.20 OPEN WND FOREARM W TENDN

Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: 881.20
  • Short Description: Open wnd forearm w tendn
  • Long Description: Open wound of forearm, with tendon involvement
  • Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Code Classification

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Open wound of upper limb (880-887)
      • 881 Open wound of elbow, forearm, and wrist
        • 881.20 Open wnd forearm w tendn

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 881.20 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
    • arm 884.0
      • forearm 881.00
        • with tendon involvement 881.20
    • forearm 881.00
      • with tendon involvement 881.20

Crosswalk Information

The code 881.20 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
881.20 Right Arrow S56.929A Lacerat unsp musc/fasc/tend at forarm lv, unsp arm, init
S51.809A Unspecified open wound of unspecified forearm, 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
881.00 Open wound of forearm, without mention of complication
881.01 Open wound of elbow, without mention of complication
881.02 Open wound of wrist, without mention of complication
881.10 Open wound of forearm, complicated
881.11 Open wound of elbow, complicated
881.12 Open wound of wrist, complicated
881.21 Open wound of elbow, with tendon involvement
881.22 Open wound of wrist, with tendon involvement
This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014
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