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872.11 - Open Wound Of Auricle, Ear, Complicated


The ICD 9 Code for Open wound of auricle, ear, complicated is listed as 872.11.
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: 872.11
Long Description: Open wound of auricle, ear, complicated
Short Description: Open wound auricle-compl
Chapter: Injury And Poisoning
Block: Open Wound Of Head, Neck, And Trunk (870-879)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: S01.329A - Laceration with foreign body of unspecified ear, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 872.11:
872.10 - Open wound of external ear, unspecified site, complicated
872.12 - Open wound of auditory canal, complicated