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803.55 - Other Open Skull Fracture Without Mention Of Intracranial Injury, With Prolonged [more Than 24 Hours] Loss Of Consciousness, Without Return To Pre-existing Conscious Level


The ICD 9 Code for Other open skull fracture without mention of intracranial injury, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness, without return to pre-existing conscious level is listed as 803.55.
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: 803.55
Long Description: Other open skull fracture without mention of intracranial injury, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness, without return to pre-existing conscious level
Short Description: Opn skl fx NEC-deep coma
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Fracture Of Skull (800-804)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: S02.91XB - Unspecified fracture of skull, initial encounter for open fracture (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 803.55:
803.50 - Other open skull fracture without mention of injury, unspecified state of consciousness
803.51 - Other open skull fracture without mention of intracranial injury, with no loss of consciousness
803.52 - Other open skull fracture without mention of intracranial injury, with brief [less than one hour] loss of consciousness
803.53 - Other open skull fracture without mention of intracranial injury, with moderate [1-24 hours] loss of consciousness
803.54 - Other open skull fracture without mention of intracranial injury, with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness and return to pre-existing conscious level
803.56 - Other open skull fracture without mention of intracranial injury, with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
803.59 - Other open skull fracture without mention of intracranial injury, with concussion, unspecified