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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 040.0
Gas gangrene
- ICD-9-CM 040.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Applies To
- Gas bacillus infection or gangrene
- Infection by Clostridium:
- histolyticum
- oedematiens
- perfringens [welchii]
- septicum
- sordellii
- Malignant edema
- Myonecrosis, clostridial
- Myositis, clostridial
Convert 040.0 to ICD-10-CM 
ICD-9-CM 040.0 converts directly to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM A48.0 Gas gangrene
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 040.0:
- Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
anaerobic 040.0
- Aerogenes capsulatus infection (see also Gangrene, gas) 040.0
- Cellulitis (diffuse) (with lymphangitis) (see also Abscess) 682.9
- anaerobic (see also Gas gangrene) 040.0
- Edema, edematous 782.3
- malignant (see also Gangrene, gas) 040.0
- Gangrene, gangrenous (anemia) (artery) (cellulitis) (dermatitis) (dry) (infective) (moist) (pemphigus) (septic) (skin) (stasis) (ulcer) 785.4
Bacillus welchii (see also Gangrene, gas) 040.0
- Clostridium perfringens or welchii (see also Gangrene, gas) 040.0
- emphysematous (see also Gangrene, gas) 040.0
- Gas 787.3
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
- aerogenes capsulatus (see also Gangrene, gas) 040.0
- Bacillus NEC 041.89
abortus 023.1- anthracis (see also Anthrax) 022.9
- cereus (food poisoning) 005.89
- coli - see Infection, Escherichia coli
- coliform NEC 041.85
- Ducrey's (any location) 099.0
- Flexner's 004.1
- Friedländer's NEC 041.3
- fusiformis 101
- gas (gangrene) (see also Gangrene, gas) 040.0
- mallei 024
- melitensis 023.0
- paratyphoid, paratyphosus 002.9
- Schmorl's 040.3
- Shiga 004.0
- suipestifer (see also Infection, Salmonella) 003.9
- swimming pool 031.1
- typhosa 002.0
- welchii (see also Gangrene, gas) 040.0
- Whitmore's 025
- Clostridium (haemolyticum) (novyi) NEC 041.84
- gas bacillus (see also Gas, gangrene) 040.0
- Myonecrosis, clostridial 040.0
- Myositis 729.1
- clostridial 040.0
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