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	  Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal)  879.8 |   |  |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |    mediastinum - see Injury, internal, mediastinum  |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |    multiple, unspecified site(s)  879.8 |    Note75  Multiple open wounds of sites classifiable to the same four-digit category should be classified to that category unless they are in different limbs.    Multiple open wounds of sites classifiable to different four-digit categories, or to different limbs, should be coded separately. 
 |     |    lower limb(s) (one or both) (sites classifiable to more than one three-digit category in  890- 893)  894.0 |    with tendon involvement  894.2 |     |    upper limb(s) (one or both) (sites classifiable to more than one three-digit category in  880- 883)  884.0 |    with tendon involvement  884.2 |     |    muscle - see Sprain, by site  |    nail  |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |    nasal - see also Wound, open, nose  |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |   |  |   
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