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879.0 - Open Wound Of Breast, Without Mention Of Complication


The ICD 9 Code for Open wound of breast, without mention of complication is listed as 879.0.
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: 879.0
Long Description: Open wound of breast, without mention of complication
Short Description: Open wound of breast
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: S21.009A - Unspecified open wound of unspecified breast, initial encounter (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 879.0:
879.1 - Open wound of breast, complicated
879.2 - Open wound of abdominal wall, anterior, without mention of complication
879.3 - Open wound of abdominal wall, anterior, complicated
879.4 - Open wound of abdominal wall, lateral, without mention of complication
879.5 - Open wound of abdominal wall, lateral, complicated
879.6 - Open wound of other and unspecified parts of trunk, without mention of complication
879.7 - Open wound of other and unspecified parts of trunk, complicated
879.8 - Open wound(s) (multiple) of unspecified site(s), without mention of complication
879.9 - Open wound(s) (multiple) of unspecified site(s), complicated