Laceration of heart without penetration of heart chambers or open wound into thorax (861.02)
ICD-9 code 861.02 for Laceration of heart without penetration of heart chambers or open wound into thorax is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -INTERNAL INJURY OF THORAX, ABDOMEN, AND PELVIS (860-869).
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