802.9 - Open Fracture Of Other Facial Bones

The ICD 9 Code for Open fracture of other facial bones is listed as 802.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	802.9
Long Description:	Open fracture of other facial bones
Short Description:	Fx facial bone NEC-open

Chapter:	Injury And Poisoning
Block:	Fracture Of Skull (800-804)
Related Descriptions:	Fracture of alveolus, open Fracture of palate, open Open fracture of facial bones Open fracture of orbital portion of zygomatic bone
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code:	S02.42XB - Fracture of alveolus of maxilla, initial encounter for open fracture (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code:	S02.92XB - Unspecified fracture of facial bones, initial encounter for open fracture (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 802.9:
802.0 - Closed fracture of nasal bones
802.1 - Open fracture of nasal bones
802.4 - Closed fracture of malar and maxillary bones
802.5 - Open fracture of malar and maxillary bones
802.6 - Closed fracture of orbital floor (blow-out)
802.7 - Open fracture of orbital floor (blow-out)
802.8 - Closed fracture of other facial bones