875.1 OPEN WOUND CHEST-COMPL

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 875.1

Short Description: Open wound chest-compl

Long Description: Open wound of chest (wall), complicated

Code Classification:

Injury and poisoning (800–999)
- Open wound of head, neck, and trunk (870-879)
  - 875 Open wound of chest (wall)
    - 875.1 Open wound chest-compl

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 875.1 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
- chest (wall) (external) 875.0
  - complicated 875.1
- costal region 875.0
  - complicated 875.1
- midthoracic region 875.0
  - complicated 875.1
- sternal region 875.0
  - complicated 875.1
- thorax, thoracic (external) 875.0
  - complicated 875.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 875.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
875.1		S21.129A	Lac w fb of unsp front wall of thrx w/o penet thor cav, init

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
875.0	Open wound of chest (wall), without mention of complication

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

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