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In ICD-9-CM Vol 1, when the surgeon documented loss of domain in an abdominal surgical wound, we were advised to use ICD-9-CM code 879.3 for Open wound of abd wall, anterior, complicated. See "Expose the Layers of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction" In Coding Edge June 25, 2010 By John F. Bishop...