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2007 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue 710-739 > Rheumatism, Excluding The Back 725-729 > Other Disorders Of Soft Tissues 729.* > 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 729.4 Fasciitis unspecified This code may be outdated. View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 729.4 Inflammation of the fascia. There are three major types: 1, Eosinophilic fasciitis, an inflammatory reaction with eosinophilia, producing hard thickened skin with an orange-peel configuration suggestive of scleroderma and considered by some a variant of scleroderma; 2, Necrotizing fasciitis (FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING), a serious fulminating infection (usually by a beta hemolytic streptococcus) causing extensive necrosis of superficial fascia; 3, Nodular/Pseudosarcomatous /Proliferative fasciitis, characterized by a rapid growth of fibroblasts with mononuclear inflammatory cells and proliferating capillaries in soft tissue, often the forearm; it is not malignant but is sometimes mistaken for fibrosarcoma. 729.4 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 729.4 contains 1 index entry View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 729.* hierarchy 729.4 excludes: necrotizing fasciitis (728.86) nodular fasciitis (728.79) Index entries containing 729.4: Fasciitis 729.4 eosinophilic 728.89 necrotizing 728.86 nodular 728.79 perirenal 593.4 plantar 728.71 pseudosarcomatous 728.79 traumatic (old) NEC 728.79 current - see Sprain, by site