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873.70 - Open Wound Of Mouth, Unspecified Site, Complicated


The ICD 9 Code for Open wound of mouth, unspecified site, complicated is listed as 873.70.
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: 873.70
Long Description: Open wound of mouth, unspecified site, complicated
Short Description: Open wnd mouth NOS-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: S01.522A - Laceration with foreign body of oral cavity, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 873.70:
873.71 - Open wound of buccal mucosa, complicated
873.72 - Open wound of gum (alveolar process), complicated
873.73 - Open wound of tooth (broken) (fractured) (due to trauma), complicated
873.74 - Open wound of tongue and floor of mouth, complicated
873.75 - Open wound of palate, complicated
873.79 - Open wound of other and multiple sites of mouth, complicated