872 Open wound of ear (872.00-872.9) ICD-9-CM
The 872.00-872.9 block classified 872 open wound of ear with 18 legacy diagnosis codes. None remain valid for claim submission; each code below links to its reference page with the official ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
Retired Code Set
ICD-9-CM stopped being valid for U.S. claims with dates of service on or after October 1, 2015, when ICD-10-CM replaced it. Use this index for historical lookups and crosswalking; for current coding, start from the ICD-10-CM codes list or the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter.
Legacy Codes in the 872.00-872.9 Block 18 codes
None of these codes remain valid for claim submission. Each code page shows its ICD-10-CM replacement under the CMS General Equivalence Mappings.
- 872.00 Opn wound extern ear NOS
- 872.01 Open wound of auricle
- 872.02 Opn wound auditory canal
- 872.10 Opn wnd ex ear NOS-compl
- 872.11 Open wound auricle-compl
- 872.12 Open wnd aud canal-compl
- 872.61 Open wound of ear drum
- 872.62 Open wound of ossicles
- 872.63 Open wnd eustachian tube
- 872.64 Open wound of cochlea
- 872.69 Open wound of ear NEC
- 872.71 Open wnd ear drum-compl
- 872.72 Open wnd ossicles-compl
- 872.73 Opn wnd eustach tb-compl
- 872.74 Open wound cochlea-compl
- 872.79 Open wound ear NEC-compl
- 872.8 Open wound of ear NOS
- 872.9 Open wound ear NOS-compl
Questions About This Page
Are the 872.00-872.9 codes still billable?
No. Every code in this block became invalid for U.S. claims after September 30, 2015. Each code page linked above shows the ICD-10-CM replacement CMS assigned in the General Equivalence Mappings, and the ICD-9 / ICD-10 converter translates any of them directly.
What did the 872.00-872.9 block classify?
The block classified 872 open wound of ear with 18 codes in the final ICD-9-CM release. It sat under Injury and poisoning (800–999) in the legacy hierarchy.
Related References
Source: final CMS ICD-9-CM release (version date October 1, 2014). Retired from U.S. claims after September 30, 2015.
