2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 873.40
Open wound of face, unspecified site, without mention of complication
- Short description: Open wound of face NOS.
- ICD-9-CM 873.40 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 873.40 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
- You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 873.40.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 873.40: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
873.40 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S09.93XA Unspecified injury of face, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
- Cut of face
- Face laceration
- Face muscle laceration
- Facial laceration
- Gunshot wound
- Gunshot wound of face
- Laceration of face
- Laceration of muscle of face
- Open animal bite of face
- Open bite of face
- Open cat bite of face
- Open dog bite of face
- Open human bite of face
- Open wound of face
- Puncture wound of face
- Stab wound of face
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
873.40:
- Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal) 879.8
face 873.40
complicated 
