2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 686.9 : Unspecified local infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue

skin diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, parasites, or viruses; may present on the surface of the skin, or underlying dermal layers.
Short description: Local skin infection NOS.
ICD-9-CM 686.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
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More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 686.9: 2013.

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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 686.9:

Dermatitis (allergic) (contact) (occupational) (venenata) 692.9
- infectious (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) 686.9
  - eczematoid 690.8
Fissure, fissured
- skin 709.8
  - streptococcal 686.9
Fistula (sinus) 686.9
- abdomen (wall) 569.81
  - bladder 596.2
  - intestine 569.81
  - ureter 593.82
  - uterus 619.2
- abdominorectal 569.81
- abdominosigmoidal 569.81
- abdominothoracic 510.0
- abdominouterine 619.2
  - congenital 752.39
- abdominovesical 596.2
- accessory sinuses (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
- actinomycotic - see Actinomycosis
- alveolar
  - antrum (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0
  - process 522.7
- anorectal 565.1
- antrobuccal (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0
- antrum (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0
- anus, anal (infectional) (recurrent) 565.1
  - congenital 751.5
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 014.8
- aortic sinus 747.29
- aortoduodenal 447.2
- appendix, appendicular 543.9
- arteriovenous (acquired) 447.0
  - brain 437.3
    - congenital 747.81
      - ruptured (see also Hemorrhage, subarachnoid) 430
    - ruptured (see also Hemorrhage, subarachnoid) 430
  - cerebral 437.3
    - congenital 747.81
  - congenital (peripheral) 747.60
    - brain - see Fistula, arteriovenous, brain, congenital
    - coronary 746.85
    - gastrointestinal 747.61
    - lower limb 747.64
    - pulmonary 747.39
    - renal 747.62
    - specified site NEC 747.69
    - upper limb 747.63
  - coronary 414.19
    - congenital 746.85
  - heart 414.19
  - pulmonary (vessels) 417.0
    - congenital 747.39
  - surgically created (for dialysis) V45.11
    - complication NEC 996.73
      - atherosclerosis - see Arteriosclerosis, extremities
      - embolism 996.74
      - infection or inflammation 996.62
      - mechanical 996.1
      - occlusion NEC 996.74
      - thrombus 996.74
  - traumatic - see Injury, blood vessel, by site
- artery 447.2
- aural 383.81
  - congenital 744.49
- auricle 383.81
  - congenital 744.49
- Bartholin's gland 619.8
- bile duct (see also Fistula, biliary) 576.4
- biliary (duct) (tract) 576.4
  - congenital 751.69
- bladder (neck) (sphincter) 596.2
  - into seminal vesicle 596.2
- bone 733.99
- brain 348.89
  - arteriovenous - see Fistula, arteriovenous, brain
- branchial (cleft) 744.41
- branchiogenous 744.41
- breast 611.0
  - puerperal, postpartum 675.1
- bronchial 510.0
- bronchocutaneous, bronchomediastinal, bronchopleural, bronchopleuromediastinal (infective) 510.0
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 011.3
- bronchoesophageal 530.84
  - congenital 750.3
- buccal cavity (infective) 528.3
- canal, ear 380.89
- carotid-cavernous
  - congenital 747.81
    - with hemorrhage 430
  - traumatic 900.82
    - with hemorrhage (see also Hemorrhage, brain, traumatic) 853.0
    - late effect 908.3
- cecosigmoidal 569.81
- cecum 569.81
- cerebrospinal (fluid) 349.81
- cervical, lateral (congenital) 744.41
- cervicoaural (congenital) 744.49
- cervicosigmoidal 619.1
- cervicovesical 619.0
- cervix 619.8
- chest (wall) 510.0
- cholecystocolic (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5
- cholecystocolonic (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5
- cholecystoduodenal (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5
- cholecystoenteric (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5
- cholecystogastric (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5
- cholecystointestinal (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5
- choledochoduodenal 576.4
- cholocolic (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5
- coccyx 685.1
  - with abscess 685.0
- colon 569.81
- colostomy 569.69
- colovaginal (acquired) 619.1
- common duct (bile duct) 576.4
- congenital, NEC - see Anomaly, specified type NEC
- cornea, causing hypotony 360.32
- coronary, arteriovenous 414.19
  - congenital 746.85
- costal region 510.0
- cul-de-sac, Douglas' 619.8
- cutaneous 686.9
- cystic duct (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5
  - congenital 751.69
- cystostomy 596.83
- dental 522.7
- diaphragm 510.0
  - bronchovisceral 510.0
  - pleuroperitoneal 510.0
  - pulmonoperitoneal 510.0
- duodenum 537.4
- ear (canal) (external) 380.89
- enterocolic 569.81
- enterocutaneous 569.81
- enteroenteric 569.81
- entero-uterine 619.1
  - congenital 752.39
- enterovaginal 619.1
  - congenital 752.49
- enterovesical 596.1
- epididymis 608.89
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 016.4
- esophagobronchial 530.89
  - congenital 750.3
- esophagocutaneous 530.89
- esophagopleurocutaneous 530.89
- esophagotracheal 530.84
  - congenital 750.3
- esophagus 530.89
  - congenital 750.4
- ethmoid (see also Sinusitis, ethmoidal) 473.2
- eyeball (cornea) (sclera) 360.32
- eyelid 373.11
- fallopian tube (external) 619.2
- fecal 569.81
  - congenital 751.5
- from periapical lesion 522.7
- frontal sinus (see also Sinusitis, frontal) 473.1
- gallbladder 575.5
  - with calculus, cholelithiasis, stones (see also Cholelithiasis) 574.2
  - congenital 751.69
- gastric 537.4
- gastrocolic 537.4
  - congenital 750.7
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 014.8
- gastroenterocolic 537.4
- gastroesophageal 537.4
- gastrojejunal 537.4
- gastrojejunocolic 537.4
- genital
  - organs
    - female 619.9
      - specified site NEC 619.8
    - male 608.89
  - tract-skin (female) 619.2
- hepatopleural 510.0
- hepatopulmonary 510.0
- horseshoe 565.1
- ileorectal 569.81
- ileosigmoidal 569.81
- ileostomy 569.69
- ileovesical 596.1
- ileum 569.81
- in ano 565.1
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 014.8
- inner ear (see also Fistula, labyrinth) 386.40
- intestine 569.81
- intestinocolonic (abdominal) 569.81
- intestinoureteral 593.82
- intestinouterine 619.1
- intestinovaginal 619.1
  - congenital 752.49
- intestinovesical 596.1
- involving female genital tract 619.9
  - digestive-genital 619.1
  - genital tract-skin 619.2
  - specified site NEC 619.8
  - urinary-genital 619.0
- ischiorectal (fossa) 566
- jejunostomy 569.69
- jejunum 569.81
- joint 719.80
  - ankle 719.87
  - elbow 719.82
  - foot 719.87
  - hand 719.84
  - hip 719.85
  - knee 719.86
  - multiple sites 719.89
  - pelvic region 719.85
  - shoulder (region) 719.81
  - specified site NEC 719.88
  - tuberculous - see Tuberculosis, joint
  - wrist 719.83
- kidney 593.89
- labium (majus) (minus) 619.8
- labyrinth, labyrinthine NEC 386.40
  - combined sites 386.48
  - multiple sites 386.48
  - oval window 386.42
  - round window 386.41
  - semicircular canal 386.43
- lacrimal, lachrymal (duct) (gland) (sac) 375.61
- lacrimonasal duct 375.61
- laryngotracheal 748.3
- larynx 478.79
- lip 528.5
  - congenital 750.25
- lumbar, tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [730.8]
- lung 510.0
- lymphatic (node) (vessel) 457.8
- mamillary 611.0
- mammary (gland) 611.0
  - puerperal, postpartum 675.1
- mastoid (process) (region) 383.1
- maxillary (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0
- mediastinal 510.0
- mediastinobronchial 510.0
- mediastinocutaneous 510.0
- middle ear 385.89
- mouth 528.3
- nasal 478.19
  - sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
- nasopharynx 478.29
- nipple - see Fistula, breast
- nose 478.19
- oral (cutaneous) 528.3
  - maxillary (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0
  - nasal (with cleft palate) (see also Cleft, palate) 749.00
- orbit, orbital 376.10
- oro-antral (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0
- oval window (internal ear) 386.42
- oviduct (external) 619.2
- palate (hard) 526.89
  - soft 528.9
- pancreatic 577.8
- pancreaticoduodenal 577.8
- parotid (gland) 527.4
  - region 528.3
- pelvoabdominointestinal 569.81
- penis 607.89
- perianal 565.1
- pericardium (pleura) (sac) (see also Pericarditis) 423.8
- pericecal 569.81
- perineal - see Fistula, perineum
- perineorectal 569.81
- perineosigmoidal 569.81
- perineo-urethroscrotal 608.89
- perineum, perineal (with urethral involvement) NEC 599.1
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.9
  - ureter 593.82
- perirectal 565.1
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 014.8
- peritoneum (see also Peritonitis) 567.22
- periurethral 599.1
- pharyngo-esophageal 478.29
- pharynx 478.29
  - branchial cleft (congenital) 744.41
- pilonidal (infected) (rectum) 685.1
  - with abscess 685.0
- pleura, pleural, pleurocutaneous, pleuroperitoneal 510.0
  - stomach 510.0
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 012.0
- pleuropericardial 423.8
- postauricular 383.81
- postoperative, persistent 998.6
- preauricular (congenital) 744.46
- prostate 602.8
- pulmonary 510.0
  - arteriovenous 417.0
    - congenital 747.39
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis, pulmonary) 011.9
- pulmonoperitoneal 510.0
- rectolabial 619.1
- rectosigmoid (intercommunicating) 569.81
- rectoureteral 593.82
- rectourethral 599.1
  - congenital 753.8
- rectouterine 619.1
  - congenital 752.39
- rectovaginal 619.1
  - congenital 752.49
  - old, postpartal 619.1
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 014.8
- rectovesical 596.1
  - congenital 753.8
- rectovesicovaginal 619.1
- rectovulvar 619.1
  - congenital 752.49
- rectum (to skin) 565.1
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 014.8
- renal 593.89
- retroauricular 383.81
- round window (internal ear) 386.41
- salivary duct or gland 527.4
  - congenital 750.24
- sclera 360.32
- scrotum (urinary) 608.89
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 016.5
- semicircular canals (internal ear) 386.43
- sigmoid 569.81
  - vesicoabdominal 596.1
- sigmoidovaginal 619.1
  - congenital 752.49
- skin 686.9
  - ureter 593.82
  - vagina 619.2
- sphenoidal sinus (see also Sinusitis, sphenoidal) 473.3
- splenocolic 289.59
- stercoral 569.81
- stomach 537.4
- sublingual gland 527.4
  - congenital 750.24
- submaxillary
  - gland 527.4
    - congenital 750.24
  - region 528.3
- thoracic 510.0
  - duct 457.8
- thoracicoabdominal 510.0
- thoracicogastric 510.0
- thoracicointestinal 510.0
- thoracoabdominal 510.0
- thoracogastric 510.0
- thorax 510.0
- thyroglossal duct 759.2
- thyroid 246.8
- trachea (congenital) (external) (internal) 748.3
- tracheoesophageal 530.84
  - congenital 750.3
  - following tracheostomy 519.09
- traumatic
  - arteriovenous (see also Injury, blood vessel, by site) 904.9
    - brain - see Injury, intracranial
- tuberculous - see Tuberculosis, by site
- typhoid 002.0
- umbilical 759.89
- umbilico-urinary 753.8
- urachal, urachus 753.7
- ureter (persistent) 593.82
- ureteroabdominal 593.82
- ureterocervical 593.82
- ureterorectal 593.82
- ureterosigmoido-abdominal 593.82
- ureterovaginal 619.0
- ureterovesical 596.2
- urethra 599.1
  - congenital 753.8
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 016.3
- urethroperineal 599.1
- urethroperineovesical 596.2
- urethrorectal 599.1
  - congenital 753.8
- urethroscrotal 608.89
- urethrovaginal 619.0
- urethrovesical 596.2
- urethrovesicovaginal 619.0
- urinary (persistent) (recurrent) 599.1
- uteroabdominal (anterior wall) 619.2
  - congenital 752.39
- uteroenteric 619.1
- uterofecal 619.1
- uterointestinal 619.1
  - congenital 752.39
- uterorectal 619.1
  - congenital 752.39
- uteroureteric 619.0
- uterovaginal 619.8
- uterovesical 619.0
  - congenital 752.39
- uterus 619.8
- vagina (wall) 619.8
  - postpartal, old 619.8
- vaginocutaneous (postpartal) 619.2
- vaginoileal (acquired) 619.1
- vaginoperineal 619.2
- vesical NEC 596.2
- vesicoabdominal 596.2
- vesicocervicovaginal 619.0
- vesicocolic 596.1
- vesicocutaneous 596.2
- vesicoenteric 596.1
- vesicointestinal 596.1
- vesicometrorectal 619.1
- vesicoperineal 596.2
- vesicorectal 596.1
  - congenital 753.8
- vesicosigmoidal 596.1
- vesicosigmoidovaginal 619.1
- vesicoureteral 596.2
- vesicoureterovaginal 619.0
- vesicourethral 596.2
- vesicourethrorectal 596.1
- vesicouterine 619.0
  - congenital 752.39
- vesicovaginal 619.0
- vulvorectal 619.1
  - congenital 752.49
Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
- buttocks (skin) 686.9
- finger (skin) 686.9
  - abscess (with lymphangitis) 681.00
    - pulp 681.01
  - cellulitis (with lymphangitis) 681.00
  - distal closed space (with lymphangitis) 681.00
  - nail 681.02
    - fungus 110.1
- foot (skin) 686.9
  - fungus 110.4
- knee (skin) NEC 686.9
  - joint - see Arthritis, infectious
- leg (skin) NEC 686.9
- local, skin (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) NEC 686.9
  - abscess - see Abscess, by site
  - cellulitis - see Cellulitis, by site
  - ulcer (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
- navel 686.9
  - newborn 771.4
- sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
  - pilonidal 685.1
    - with abscess 685.0
  - skin NEC 686.9
- skin (local) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) NEC 686.9
  - abscess - see Abscess, by site
  - cellulitis - see Cellulitis, by site
  - due to fungus 111.9
    - specified type NEC 111.8
  - mycotic 111.9
    - specified type NEC 111.8
  - ulcer (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
- subcutaneous tissue, local NEC 686.9
- thigh (skin) 686.9
- thumb (skin) 686.9
  - abscess (with lymphangitis) 681.00
    - pulp 681.01
  - cellulitis (with lymphangitis) 681.00
  - nail 681.02
- toe (skin) 686.9
  - abscess (with lymphangitis) 681.10
  - cellulitis (with lymphangitis) 681.10
  - nail 681.11
    - fungus 110.1
- umbilicus (septic) 686.9
  - newborn NEC 771.4
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
- areolar tissue NEC 686.9
- leg NEC 686.9
- navel 686.9
  - newborn NEC 771.4
- parotid region 686.9
  - gland 527.2
- perineum (female) (male) 686.9
- skin 686.9
- subcutaneous tissue NEC 686.9
- thigh 686.9
- umbilicus, umbilical 686.9
  - newborn NEC 771.4
Omphalitis (congenital) (newborn) 771.4
- not of newborn 686.9
Pustule 686.9
- malignant 022.0
- nonmalignant 686.9
Sinus - see also Fistula
- infected, skin NEC 686.9
- skin
  - infected NEC 686.9
  - noninfected- see Ulcer, skin
Sloughing (multiple) (skin) 686.9
- abscess - see Abscess, by site
- appendix 543.9
- bladder 596.89
- fascia 728.9
- graft - see Complications, graft
- phagedena (see also Gangrene) 785.4
- reattached extremity (see also Complications, reattached extremity) 996.90
- rectum 569.49
- scrotum 608.89
- tendon 727.9
- transplanted organ (see also Rejection, transplant, organ, by site) 996.80
- ulcer (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9

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