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Wiki injury again?

NJcoder

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or maybe code 873.51? Open would of cheek with complication?
 
I'm unsure of what you mean here. When you say "injury again" do you mean that a surgical wound was disturbed? If so then code it to a dehiscence- 998.32

Otherwise I think you just need to code the laceration.
 
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