959.09 FACE & NECK INJURY


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 959.09

Short Description: Face & neck injury

Long Description: Injury of face and neck

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Certain traumatic complications and unspecified injuries (958-959)
      • 959 Injury, other and unspecified
        • 959.09 Face & neck injury

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 959.09 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Injury 959.9
    • adenoid 959.09
    • alveolar (process) 959.09
    • auditory canal (external) (meatus) 959.09
    • auricle, auris, ear 959.09
    • brow 959.09
    • cheek 959.09
    • chin 959.09
    • ear (auricle) (canal) (drum) (external) 959.09
    • epiglottis 959.09
    • Eustachian tube 959.09
    • eyebrow 959.09
    • face (and neck) 959.09
    • forehead 959.09
    • gland
      • parathyroid 959.09
      • salivary 959.09
      • thyroid 959.09
    • gum 959.09
    • jaw 959.09
    • labyrinth, ear 959.09
    • larynx 959.09
    • lip 959.09
    • malar region 959.09
    • mastoid region 959.09
    • maxilla 959.09
    • membrane
      • tympanic 959.09
    • middle ear 959.09
    • mouth 959.09
    • nasal (septum) (sinus) 959.09
    • nasopharynx 959.09
    • neck (and face) 959.09
    • nose (septum) 959.09
    • occipital (region) (scalp) 959.09
      • lobe (see also Injury, intracranial) 854.0
    • palate (soft) 959.09
    • parathyroid (gland) 959.09
    • parietal (region) (scalp) 959.09
    • pharynx 959.09
    • salivary ducts or glands 959.09
    • scalp 959.09
      • due to birth trauma 767.19
      • fetus or newborn 767.19
    • sinus
      • nasal 959.09
    • submaxillary region 959.09
    • submental region 959.09
    • supraorbital 959.09
    • temple 959.09
    • temporal region 959.09
    • throat 959.09
    • thyroid (gland) 959.09
    • tongue 959.09
    • tonsil 959.09
    • tympanum, tympanic membrane 959.09
    • uvula 959.09

Crosswalk Information

The code 959.09 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
959.09 Right Arrow S09.93XA Unspecified injury of face, initial encounter
S19.9XXA Unspecified injury of neck, initial encounter
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
959.01 Head injury, unspecified
959.11 Other injury of chest wall
959.12 Other injury of abdomen
959.13 Fracture of corpus cavernosum penis
959.14 Other injury of external genitals
959.19 Other injury of other sites of trunk
959.2 Shoulder and upper arm injury
959.3 Elbow, forearm, and wrist injury
959.4 Hand, except finger injury
959.5 Finger injury
959.6 Hip and thigh injury
959.7 Knee, leg, ankle, and foot injury
959.8 Other specified sites, including multiple injury
959.9 Unspecified site injury


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