884.0 OPEN WOUND ARM MULT/NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 884.0

Short Description: Open wound arm mult/NOS

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

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Open wound of upper limb (880-887)
      • 884 Multiple and unspecified open wound of upper limb
        • 884.0 Open wound arm mult/NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 884.0 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
    • arm 884.0
      • with tendon involvement 884.2
      • complicated 884.1
      • forearm 881.00
        • with tendon involvement 881.20
        • complicated 881.10
      • multiple sites - see Wound, open, multiple, upper limb
      • upper 880.03
        • with tendon involvement 880.23
        • complicated 880.13
        • multiple sites (with axillary or shoulder regions) 880.09
          • with tendon involvement 880.29
          • complicated 880.19
    • extremity
      • upper (multiple) NEC 884.0
        • with tendon involvement 884.2
        • complicated 884.1
    • limb
      • upper (multiple) NEC 884.0
        • with tendon involvement 884.2
        • complicated 884.1
    • multiple, unspecified site(s) 879.8
      • upper limb(s) (one or both) (sites classifiable to more than one three-digit category in 880-883) 884.0
        • with tendon involvement 884.2
        • complicated 884.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 884.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
884.0 Right Arrow S41.009A Unspecified open wound of unspecified shoulder, 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
884.1 Multiple and unspecified open wound of upper limb, complicated
884.2 Multiple and unspecified open wound of upper limb, with tendon involvement


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