FRACTURES, WOUNDS AND INJURIES (800-958)
FRACTURE OF SKULL 800-804
FRACTURE OF NECK AND TRUNK 805-809
FRACTURE OF UPPER LIMB 810-819
FRACTURE OF LOWER LIMB 820-829
DISLOCATION 830-839
SPRAINS AND STRAINS OF JOINTS AND ADJACENT MUSCLES 840-848
INTRACRANIAL INJURY, EXCLUDING THOSE WITH SKULL FRACTURE 850-854
INTERNAL INJURY OF THORAX, ABDOMEN, AND PELVIS 860-869
OPEN WOUND OF HEAD, NECK, AND TRUNK 870-879
OPEN WOUND OF UPPER LIMB 880-887
OPEN WOUND OF LOWER LIMB 890-897
INJURY TO BLOOD VESSELS 900-904
LATE EFFECTS OF INJURIES, POISONINGS, TOXIC EFFECTS, AND OTHER EXTERNAL CAUSES 905-909
SUPERFICIAL INJURY 910-919
CONTUSION WITH INTACT SKIN SURFACE 920-924
CRUSHING INJURY 925-929
EFFECTS OF FOREIGN BODY ENTERING THROUGH ORIFICE 930-939
BURNS 940-949
INJURY TO NERVES AND SPINAL CORD 950-957
FRACTURES Excludes: malunion (733.81)
nonunion (733.82)
pathologic or spontaneous fracture (733.10-733.19)
stress fracture (733.93-733.95)
The terms "condyle," "coronoid process," "ramus," and "symphysis" indicate the portion of the bone fractured, not the name of the bone involved.
The descriptions "closed" and "open" used in the fourth-digit subdivisions include the following terms:
closed (with or without delayed healing):
comminuted
depressed
elevated
fissured
fracture NOS
greenstick
impacted
linear
simple
slipped epiphysis
spiral
open (with or without delayed healing):
compound
infected
missile
puncture
with foreign body
Note: A fracture not indicated as closed or open should be classified as closed.
Use E code(s) to identify the cause and intent of the injury or poisoning (E800-E999)
OPEN WOUNDSIncludes: animal bite
avulsion
cut
laceration
puncture wound
traumatic amputation
Excludes: burn (940.0-949.5)
crushing (925-929.9)
puncture of internal organs (860.0-869.1)
superficial injury (910.0-919.9)
that incidental to:
dislocation (830.0-839.9)
fracture (800.0-829.1)
internal injury (860.0-869.1)
intracranial injury (851.0-854.1)
Note: The description "complicated" used in the fourth-digit subdivisions includes those with mention of delayed healing, delayed treatment, foreign body, or infection.
Use additional code to identify infection
MULTIPLE INJURIES
1. The principle of multiple coding of injuries should be followed wherever possible. Combination categories for multiple injuries are provided for use when there is insufficient detail as to the nature of the individual conditions, or for primary tabulation purposes when it is more convenient to record a single code; otherwise, the component injuries should be coded separately.
Where multiple sites of injury are specified in the titles, the word "with" indicates involvement of both sites, and the word "and" indicates involvement of either or both sites. The word "finger" includes thumb.
2. Categories for "late effect" of injuries are to be found at 905-909.