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2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 528.3
Cellulitis and abscess of oral soft tissues
- ICD-9-CM 528.3 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
528.3 Alternative Terminology
- Abscess of buccal space of mouth
- Abscess of canine space of mouth
- Abscess of masticator space of mouth
- Abscess of oral soft tissue
- Abscess of oral tissue
- Abscess of palate
- Abscess of sublingual space
- Abscess of uvula of palate
- Cellulitis of buccal space of mouth
- Cellulitis of canine space of mouth
- Cellulitis of floor of mouth
- Cellulitis of gingiva
- Cellulitis of masticator space of mouth
- Cellulitis of oral soft tissues
- Cellulitis of palate
- Cellulitis of sublingual space
- Dentoalveolar cellulitis
- Ludwig's angina
- Oral fistula
- Oroantral fistula - established
- Oroantral fistula - immediate
- Oronasal fistula
- Phlegmonous stomatitis and cellulitis
- Uvulitis
528.3 Excludes 
Applies To
- Cellulitis of mouth (floor)
- Ludwig's angina
- Oral fistula
Convert 528.3 to ICD-10-CM
ICD-9-CM 528.3 converts approximately to:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM K12.2 Cellulitis and abscess of mouth
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 528.3:
- Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
buccal cavity 528.3
- cheek, external 682.0
inner 528.3
- mouth (floor) 528.3
- palate (soft) 528.3
- hard 526.4
- parotid (duct) (gland) 527.3
- region 528.3
- sublingual 528.3
- gland 527.3
- uvula 528.3
- Angina (attack) (cardiac) (chest) (effort) (heart) (pectoris) (syndrome) (vasomotor) 413.9
- ludovici 528.3
- Ludwig's 528.3
- Cellulitis (diffuse) (with lymphangitis) (see also Abscess) 682.9
- cheek, external 682.0
- internal 528.3
- mouth (floor) 528.3
- palate (soft) 528.3
- submaxillary 528.3
gland 527.3
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- Ludwig's (submaxillary cellulitis) 528.3
- Fistula (sinus) 686.9
- buccal cavity (infective) 528.3
- mouth 528.3
- oral (cutaneous) 528.3
- parotid (gland) 527.4
- region 528.3
- Gangrene, gangrenous (anemia) (artery) (cellulitis) (dermatitis) (dry) (infective) (moist) (pemphigus) (septic) (skin) (stasis) (ulcer) 785.4
- uvulitis 528.3
- Ludwig's
- angina 528.3
- disease (submaxillary cellulitis) 528.3
- Sepsis (generalized) 995.91
- buccal 528.3
- oral 528.3
- Septic - see also condition
- mouth 528.3
- Staphylitis (acute) (catarrhal) (chronic) (gangrenous) (membranous) (suppurative) (ulcerative) 528.3
- Uvulitis (acute) (catarrhal) (chronic) (gangrenous) (membranous) (suppurative) (ulcerative) 528.3
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