Contusion of heart with open wound into thorax (861.11)
ICD-9 code 861.11 for Contusion of heart with 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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