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Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 881.02
Open wound of wrist, without mention of complication
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Open wound of wrist.
  • ICD-9-CM 881.02 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 881.02 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 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 881.02.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 881.02: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 881.02 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S61.509A Unspecified open wound of unspecified wrist, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
  • Laceration of left wrist
  • Laceration of right wrist
  • Laceration of wrist
  • Left wrist laceration
  • Open animal bite of left wrist
  • Open animal bite of right wrist
  • Open animal bite of wrist
  • Open bite of left wrist
  • Open bite of right wrist
  • Open bite of wrist
  • Open cat bite of left wrist
  • Open cat bite of right wrist
  • Open cat bite of wrist
  • Open dog bite of left wrist
  • Open dog bite of right wrist
  • Open dog bite of wrist
  • Open human bite of left wrist
  • Open human bite of right wrist
  • Open human bite of wrist
  • Open wound of left wrist
  • Open wound of right wrist
  • Open wound of wrist
  • Puncture wound of left wrist
  • Puncture wound of right wrist
  • Puncture wound of wrist
  • Right wrist laceration
  • Wrist laceration
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 881.02:
  • Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal) 879.8
    • wrist 881.02
 881.01 ICD9Data.com 881.1 
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