884.1 OPEN WOUND ARM NOS-COMPL


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 884.1

Short Description: Open wound arm NOS-compl

Long Description: Multiple and unspecified open wound of upper limb, complicated

Code Classification:

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

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 884.1 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
    • arm 884.0
      • complicated 884.1
    • extremity
      • upper (multiple) NEC 884.0
        • complicated 884.1
    • limb
      • upper (multiple) NEC 884.0
        • 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
        • complicated 884.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 884.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
884.1 Right Arrow S41.029A Laceration with foreign body of unsp 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
884.0 Multiple and unspecified open wound of upper limb, without mention of complication
884.2 Multiple and unspecified open wound of upper limb, with tendon involvement


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