2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 707.00 : Pressure ulcer, unspecified site

ulceration caused by prolonged pressure in patients permitted to lie too still for a long period of time; bony prominences of the body are the most frequently affected sites; ulcer is caused by ischemia of the underlying structures of the skin, fat, and muscles as a result of the sustained and constant pressure.
Death of tissue due to external pressure.
Short description: Pressure ulcer, site NOS.
ICD-9-CM 707.00 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 707.00: 2013.

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ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 707.00:

Bedsore (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
- with gangrene 707.00 [785.4]
Decubiti (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
Decubitus (ulcer) (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
- with gangrene 707.00 [785.4]
- ankle 707.06
- back
  - lower 707.03
  - upper 707.02
- buttock 707.05
- coccyx 707.03
- elbow 707.01
- head 707.09
- heel 707.07
- hip 707.04
- other site 707.09
- sacrum 707.03
- shoulder blades 707.02
Plaster ulcer (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
Pressure
- area, skin ulcer (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
- necrosis (chronic) (skin) (see also Decubitus) 707.00
- sore (chronic) (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
- ulcer (chronic) (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
Sore
- pressure (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
  - with gangrene (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00 [785.4]
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9
- buttock (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
  - decubitus (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
- decubitus (unspecified site) (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
  - with gangrene 707.00 [785.4]
  - ankle 707.06
  - back
    - lower 707.03
    - upper 707.02
  - buttock 707.05
  - coccyx 707.03
  - elbow 707.01
  - head 707.09
  - heel 707.07
  - hip 707.04
  - other site 707.09
  - sacrum 707.03
  - shoulder blades 707.02
- lower extremity (atrophic) (chronic) (neurogenic) (perforating) (pyogenic) (trophic) (tropical) 707.10
  - with gangrene (see also Ulcer, lower extremity) 707.10 [785.4]
    - arteriosclerotic 440.24
  - ankle 707.13
  - arteriosclerotic 440.23
    - with gangrene 440.24
  - calf 707.12
  - decubitus (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
    - with gangrene 707.00 [785.4]
    - ankle 707.06
    - buttock 707.05
    - heel 707.07
    - hip 707.04
  - foot 707.15
  - heel 707.14
  - knee 707.19
  - specified site NEC 707.19
  - thigh 707.11
  - toes 707.15
  - varicose 454.0
    - inflamed or infected 454.2
- plaster (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
- pressure 707.00
  - with
    - abrasion, blister, partial thickness skin loss involving epidermis and/or dermis 707.22
    - full thickness skin loss involving damage or necrosis of subcutaneous tissue 707.23
    - gangrene 707.00 [785.4]
    - necrosis of soft tissues through to underlying muscle, tendon, or bone 707.24
  - ankle 707.06
  - back
    - lower 707.03
    - upper 707.02
  - buttock 707.05
  - coccyx 707.03
  - elbow 707.01
  - head 707.09
  - healed - omit code
  - healing - code to Ulcer, pressure, by stage
  - heel 707.07
  - hip 707.04
  - other site 707.09
  - sacrum 707.03
  - shoulder blades 707.02
  - stage
    - I (healing) 707.21
    - II (healing) 707.22
    - III (healing) 707.23
    - IV (healing) 707.24
    - unspecified (healing) 707.20
  - unstageable 707.25
- skin (atrophic) (chronic) (neurogenic) (non-healing) (perforating) (pyogenic) (trophic) 707.9
  - with gangrene 707.9 [785.4]
  - amebic 006.6
  - decubitus (see also Ulcer, pressure) 707.00
    - with gangrene 707.00 [785.4]
  - in granulocytopenia 288.09
  - lower extremity (see also Ulcer, lower extremity) 707.10
    - with gangrene 707.10 [785.4]
      - arteriosclerotic 440.24
    - ankle 707.13
    - arteriosclerotic 440.23
      - with gangrene 440.24
    - calf 707.12
    - foot 707.15
    - heel 707.14
    - knee 707.19
    - specified site NEC 707.19
    - thigh 707.11
    - toes 707.15
  - mycobacterial 031.1
  - syphilitic (early) (secondary) 091.3
  - tuberculous (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  - varicose - see Ulcer, varicose

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