878.8 OPEN WOUND GENITAL NEC

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Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 878.8

Short Description: Open wound genital NEC

Long Description: Open wound of other and unspecified parts of genital organs (external), without mention of complication

Code Classification:

Injury and poisoning (800–999)
- Open wound of head, neck, and trunk (870-879)
  - 878 Open wound of genital organs (external), including traumatic amputation
    - 878.8 Open wound genital NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

Animal bite of genitalia
Cut of genitalia
Degloving injury of genitalia
Dog bite of genitalia
Female genital cutting
Fishing hook in genitalia
Fishing hook in groin
Human bite of genitalia
Needle stick injury of genitalia
Open wound of external genital organs
Open wound of external genital organs without complication
Stab wound of genitalia
Traumatic amputation of external genital organs
Traumatic amputation of testis

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 878.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Amputation
- genital organ(s) (external) NEC 878.8
  - complicated 878.9

Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal) 879.8
- clitoris 878.8
  - complicated 878.9
- genital organs (external) NEC 878.8
  - complicated 878.9
  - internal - see Injury, internal, by site
- pudenda 878.8
  - complicated 878.9
- rectovaginal septum 878.8
  - complicated 878.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 878.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
878.8		S31.501A	Unsp open wound of unsp external genital organs, male, init
878.8		S31.502A	Unsp opn wnd unsp external genital organs, female, 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
878.0	Open wound of penis, without mention of complication
878.1	Open wound of penis, complicated
878.2	Open wound of scrotum and testes, without mention of complication
878.3	Open wound of scrotum and testes, complicated
878.4	Open wound of vulva, without mention of complication
878.5	Open wound of vulva, complicated
878.6	Open wound of vagina, without mention of complication
878.7	Open wound of vagina, complicated
878.9	Open wound of other and unspecified parts of genital organs (external), complicated

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

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