icd 9 code for 807.09

by Jeff Gutkowski 6 min read

2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 807.09 : Closed fracture of multiple ribs, unspecified.

ICD-10 Equivalent of 807.09

As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an approximate match to ICD-9 code 807.09:

Historical Information for ICD-9 Code 807.09

Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.

ICD-10 Equivalent of 807

As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use this equivalent ICD-10-CM code, which is an exact match to ICD-9 code 807:

Historical Information for ICD-9 Code 807

Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.

Not Valid for Submission

807.10 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of open fracture of rib (s), unspecified. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

Convert 807.10 to ICD-10

The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

Information for Patients

The chest is the part of the body between your neck and your abdomen. It includes the ribs and breastbone. Inside your chest are several organs, including the heart, lungs, and esophagus. The pleura, a large thin sheet of tissue, lines the inside of the chest cavity.

ICD-9 Footnotes

General Equivalence Map Definitions The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.

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