2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 709.2 : Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin

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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 709.2

Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin

Short description: SCAR & FIBROSIS OF SKIN.
ICD-9-CM 709.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 709.2 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
You are viewing the 2008 version of ICD-9-CM 709.2.
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2015/16 ICD-10-CM L90.5 Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin

Approximate Synonyms

Contracture of bilat finger joints due to scar
Contracture of bilateral finger joints due to scar
Contracture of left finger joint due to scar
Contracture of right finger joint due to scar
Contracture of scar of skin
Contracture scar
Disfigurement due to scar
Eyelid scar
Fibrosis of injection site
Fibrosis of skin
Fibrosis of the skin
Injection site fibrosis
Joint contracture of finger due to scar
Painful scar
Scar causing joint contracture of finger
Scar contracture
Scar of eyelid
Scar of hand
Scar of skin
Scar of skin of eyelid (disorder)
Scar of skin of hand (disorder)
Scar of skin, symptomatic
Scar, hand
Scarring disorder
Skin fibrosis
Skin scar
Symptomatic scar of skin
Ugly scar

709.2 Excludes

keloid scar (701.4)

Applies To

Adherent scar (skin)
Cicatrix
Disfigurement (due to scar)
Fibrosis, skin NOS
Scar NOS

ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 709.2:

Adherent
- scar (skin) NEC 709.2
- tendon in scar 709.2
Atrophy, atrophic
- scar NEC 709.2
Cicatrix (adherent) (contracted) (painful) (vicious) 709.2
- adenoid 474.8
- alveolar process 525.8
- anus 569.49
- auricle 380.89
- bile duct (see also Disease, biliary) 576.8
- bladder 596.8
- bone 733.99
- brain 348.8
- cervix (postoperative) (postpartal) 622.3
  - in pregnancy or childbirth 654.6
    - causing obstructed labor 660.2
- chorioretinal 363.30
  - disseminated 363.35
  - macular 363.32
  - peripheral 363.34
  - posterior pole NEC 363.33
- choroid - see Cicatrix, chorioretinal
- common duct (see also Disease, biliary) 576.8
- congenital 757.39
- conjunctiva 372.64
- cornea 371.00
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.3 [371.05]
- duodenum (bulb) 537.3
- esophagus 530.3
- eyelid 374.46
  - with
    - ectropion - see Ectropion
    - entropion - see Entropion
- hypopharynx 478.29
- knee, semilunar cartilage 717.5
- lacrimal
  - canaliculi 375.53
  - duct
    - acquired 375.56
    - neonatal 375.55
  - punctum 375.52
  - sac 375.54
- larynx 478.79
- limbus (cystoid) 372.64
- lung 518.89
- macular 363.32
  - disseminated 363.35
  - peripheral 363.34
- middle ear 385.89
- mouth 528.9
- muscle 728.89
- nasolacrimal duct
  - acquired 375.56
  - neonatal 375.55
- nasopharynx 478.29
- palate (soft) 528.9
- penis 607.89
- prostate 602.8
- rectum 569.49
- retina 363.30
  - disseminated 363.35
  - macular 363.32
  - peripheral 363.34
  - posterior pole NEC 363.33
- semilunar cartilage - see Derangement, meniscus
- seminal vesicle 608.89
- skin 709.2
  - infected 686.8
  - postinfectional 709.2
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
- specified site NEC 709.2
- throat 478.29
- tongue 529.8
- tonsil (and adenoid) 474.8
- trachea 478.9
- tuberculous NEC (see also Tuberculosis) 011.9
- ureter 593.89
- urethra 599.84
- uterus 621.8
- vagina 623.4
  - in pregnancy or childbirth 654.7
    - causing obstructed labor 660.2
- vocal cord 478.5
- wrist, constricting (annular) 709.2
Disfigurement (due to scar) 709.2
- head V48.6
- limb V49.4
- neck V48.7
- trunk V48.7
Fibrosis, fibrotic
- skin NEC 709.2
- submucous NEC 709.2
  - oral 528.8
  - tongue 528.8
Painful - see also Pain
- scar NEC 709.2
Scar, scarring (see also Cicatrix) 709.2
- adherent 709.2
- atrophic 709.2
- cervix
  - in pregnancy or childbirth 654.6
    - affecting fetus or newborn 763.89
    - causing obstructed labor 660.2
      - affecting fetus or newborn 763.1
- cheloid 701.4
- chorioretinal 363.30
  - disseminated 363.35
  - macular 363.32
  - peripheral 363.34
  - posterior pole NEC 363.33
- choroid (see also Scar, chorioretinal) 363.30
- compression, pericardial 423.9
- congenital 757.39
- conjunctiva 372.64
- cornea 371.00
- xerophthalmic 264.6
- due to previous cesarean delivery, complicating pregnancy or childbirth 654.2
  - affecting fetus or newborn 763.89
- duodenal (bulb) (cap) 537.3
- hypertrophic 701.4
- keloid 701.4
- labia 624.4
- lung (base) 518.89
- macula 363.32
  - disseminated 363.35
  - peripheral 363.34
- muscle 728.89
- myocardium, myocardial 412
- painful 709.2
- papillary muscle 429.81
- posterior pole NEC 363.33
  - macular - see Scar, macula
- postnecrotic (hepatic) (liver) 571.9
- psychic V15.49
- retina (see also Scar, chorioretinal) 363.30
- trachea 478.9
- uterus 621.8
  - in pregnancy or childbirth NEC 654.9
    - affecting fetus or newborn 763.89
    - from previous cesarean delivery 654.2
- vulva 624.4

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