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

lingering mark left on the skin after a surface injury, formed in the process of wound healing; also includes the new, internal tissue formed in the process of repair, as in a scarred kidney.
A mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue.
Short description: SCAR & FIBROSIS OF SKIN.
ICD-9-CM 709.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
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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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