2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Infectious And Parasitic Diseases 001-139 > Other Bacterial Diseases 030-041 > ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 040 Other bacterial diseases Infections by bacteria, general or unspecified. 040 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 040.0 Gas gangrene A severe condition resulting from bacteria invading healthy muscle from adjacent traumatized muscle or soft tissue. The infection originates in a wound contaminated with bacteria of the genus CLOSTRIDIUM. C. perfringens accounts for the majority of cases (over eighty percent), while C. noyvi, C. septicum, and C. histolyticum cause most of the other cases. 040.0 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 040.0 contains 20 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 040.1 Rhinoscleroma A granulomatous disease affecting the nose and nasopharynx, usually ascribed to KLEBSIELLA RHINOSCLEROMATIS. It occurs in Egypt, eastern Europe, and Central and South America. 040.1 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 040.1 contains 3 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 040.2 Whipple's disease A chronic systemic infection by a gram-positive bacterium, Tropheryma whippelii, mainly affecting the SMALL INTESTINE but also the JOINTS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; and the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. The disease is characterized by fat deposits in the INTESTINE MUCOSA and LYMPH NODES, malabsorption, DIARRHEA with fatty stools, MALNUTRITION, and ARTHRITIS. 040.2 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 040.2 contains 5 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 040.3 Necrobacillosis 040.3 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 040.3 contains 4 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 040.8 Other specified bacterial diseases 040.8 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 040.81 Tropical pyomyositis 040.81 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 040.81 contains 2 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 040.82 Toxic shock syndrome 040.82 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 040.82 contains 3 index entries ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 040.89 Other specified bacterial diseases 040.89 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 040.89 contains 1 index entry