894.1 OPEN WOUND LEG NEC-COMPL


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 894.1

Short Description: Open wound leg NEC-compl

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

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Open wound of lower limb (890-897)
      • 894 Multiple and unspecified open wound of lower limb
        • 894.1 Open wound leg NEC-compl

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 894.1 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
    • extremity
      • lower (multiple) NEC 894.0
        • complicated 894.1
    • limb
      • lower (multiple) NEC 894.0
        • complicated 894.1
    • multiple, unspecified site(s) 879.8
      • lower limb(s) (one or both) (sites classifiable to more than one three-digit category in 890-893) 894.0
        • complicated 894.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 894.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
894.1 Right Arrow S71.029A Laceration with foreign body, unspecified hip, 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
894.0 Multiple and unspecified open wound of lower limb, without mention of complication
894.2 Multiple and unspecified open wound of lower limb, with tendon involvement


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