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873.1 - Open Wound Of Scalp, Complicated


The ICD 9 Code for Open wound of scalp, complicated is listed as 873.1.
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: 873.1
Long Description: Open wound of scalp, complicated
Short Description: Open wound scalp-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: S01.02XA - Laceration with foreign body of scalp, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 873.1:
873.0 - Open wound of scalp, without mention of complication
873.8 - Other and unspecified open wound of head without mention of complication
873.9 - Other and unspecified open wound of head, complicated