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873.53 - Open Wound Of Lip, Complicated


The ICD 9 Code for Open wound of lip, complicated is listed as 873.53.
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: 873.53
Long Description: Open wound of lip, complicated
Short Description: Open wound lip-complicat
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: S01.521A - Laceration with foreign body of lip, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 873.53:
873.50 - Open wound of face, unspecified site, complicated
873.51 - Open wound of cheek, complicated
873.52 - Open wound of forehead, complicated
873.54 - Open wound of jaw, complicated
873.59 - Open wound of other and multiple sites of face, complicated