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2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 686.9
Unspecified local infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 686.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 686.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
686.9 converts directly to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM L08.9 Local infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
- Dactylitis of skin
- Dactylitis, skin
- Dactylitis, skin (finger or toe condition)
- Fistula
- Infection of skin
- Infection of skin AND/OR subcutaneous tissue
- Infection of skin or subcutaneous tissue
- Infection of subcutaneous tissue
- Infection, soft tissue
- Omphalitis, not newborn
- Skin infection
- Skin or subcutaneous tissue infection
- Soft tissue infection
- Subcutaneous tissue infection
Clinical Information
- Skin diseases caused by bacteria, fungi, parasites, or viruses; may present on the surface of the skin, or underlying dermal layers
686.9 Excludes
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- fistula to skin from internal organs - see Alphabetic Index
Applies To
- Fistula of skin NOS
- Skin infection NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
686.9:
- Dermatitis (allergic) (contact) (occupational) (venenata) 692.9
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infectious (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) 686.9
- Fissure, fissured
skin 709.8![](/images/note.png)
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streptococcal 686.9
- Fistula (sinus) 686.9
accessory sinuses (see also Sinusitis) 473.9![](/images/note.png)
actinomycotic - see Actinomycosis
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antrum (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0![](/images/note.png)
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process 522.7![](/images/note.png)
antrobuccal (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0![](/images/note.png)
antrum (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0![](/images/note.png)
anus, anal (infectional) (recurrent) 565.1![](/images/note.png)
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congenital 751.5![](/images/note.png)
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tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 014.8![](/images/note.png)
appendix, appendicular 543.9![](/images/note.png)
arteriovenous (acquired) 447.0![](/images/note.png)
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brain 437.3![](/images/note.png)
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congenital 747.81![](/images/note.png)
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ruptured (see also Hemorrhage, subarachnoid) 430![](/images/note.png)
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ruptured (see also Hemorrhage, subarachnoid) 430![](/images/note.png)
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cerebral 437.3![](/images/note.png)
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congenital (peripheral) 747.60![](/images/note.png)
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coronary 414.19![](/images/note.png)
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heart 414.19![](/images/note.png)
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pulmonary (vessels) 417.0![](/images/note.png)
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surgically created (for dialysis) V45.11![](/images/note.png)
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traumatic - see Injury, blood vessel, by site
bile duct (see also Fistula, biliary) 576.4![](/images/note.png)
biliary (duct) (tract) 576.4![](/images/note.png)
bladder (neck) (sphincter) 596.2![](/images/note.png)
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into seminal vesicle 596.2![](/images/note.png)
brain 348.89![](/images/note.png)
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arteriovenous - see Fistula, arteriovenous, brain
bronchocutaneous, bronchomediastinal, bronchopleural, bronchopleuromediastinal (infective) 510.0![](/images/note.png)
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tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 011.3![](/images/note.png)
buccal cavity (infective) 528.3![](/images/note.png)
carotid-cavernous![](/images/vertical.gif)
congenital 747.81![](/images/note.png)
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traumatic 900.82![](/images/note.png)
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with hemorrhage (see also Hemorrhage, brain, traumatic) 853.0![](/images/note.png)
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late effect 908.3![](/images/note.png)
cervical, lateral (congenital) 744.41![](/images/note.png)
cervicoaural (congenital) 744.49![](/images/note.png)
cholecystocolic (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5![](/images/note.png)
cholecystocolonic (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5![](/images/note.png)
cholecystoduodenal (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5![](/images/note.png)
cholecystoenteric (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5![](/images/note.png)
cholecystogastric (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5![](/images/note.png)
cholecystointestinal (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5![](/images/note.png)
cholocolic (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5![](/images/note.png)
colovaginal (acquired) 619.1![](/images/note.png)
common duct (bile duct) 576.4![](/images/note.png)
congenital, NEC - see Anomaly, specified type NEC
cornea, causing hypotony 360.32![](/images/note.png)
coronary, arteriovenous 414.19![](/images/note.png)
cul-de-sac, Douglas' 619.8![](/images/note.png)
cutaneous 686.9
cystic duct (see also Fistula, gallbladder) 575.5![](/images/note.png)
epididymis 608.89![](/images/note.png)
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tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 016.4![](/images/note.png)
esophagopleurocutaneous 530.89![](/images/note.png)
ethmoid (see also Sinusitis, ethmoidal) 473.2![](/images/note.png)
eyeball (cornea) (sclera) 360.32![](/images/note.png)
fallopian tube (external) 619.2![](/images/note.png)
from periapical lesion 522.7![](/images/note.png)
frontal sinus (see also Sinusitis, frontal) 473.1![](/images/note.png)
gallbladder 575.5![](/images/note.png)
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with calculus, cholelithiasis, stones (see also Cholelithiasis) 574.2![](/images/note.png)
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congenital 751.69![](/images/note.png)
genital![](/images/vertical.gif)
organs![](/images/vertical.gif)
tract-skin (female) 619.2![](/images/note.png)
in ano 565.1![](/images/note.png)
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tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 014.8![](/images/note.png)
inner ear (see also Fistula, labyrinth) 386.40![](/images/note.png)
intestinocolonic (abdominal) 569.81![](/images/note.png)
involving female genital tract 619.9![](/images/note.png)
ischiorectal (fossa) 566![](/images/note.png)
labium (majus) (minus) 619.8![](/images/note.png)
labyrinth, labyrinthine NEC 386.40![](/images/note.png)
lacrimal, lachrymal (duct) (gland) (sac) 375.61![](/images/note.png)
lumbar, tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0
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lymphatic (node) (vessel) 457.8![](/images/note.png)
mastoid (process) (region) 383.1![](/images/note.png)
maxillary (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0![](/images/note.png)
mediastinobronchial 510.0![](/images/note.png)
mediastinocutaneous 510.0![](/images/note.png)
nipple - see Fistula, breast
oral (cutaneous) 528.3![](/images/note.png)
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maxillary (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0![](/images/note.png)
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nasal (with cleft palate) (see also Cleft, palate) 749.00![](/images/note.png)
oro-antral (see also Sinusitis, maxillary) 473.0![](/images/note.png)
oval window (internal ear) 386.42![](/images/note.png)
pancreaticoduodenal 577.8![](/images/note.png)
pelvoabdominointestinal 569.81![](/images/note.png)
pericardium (pleura) (sac) (see also Pericarditis) 423.8![](/images/note.png)
perineal - see Fistula, perineum
perineum, perineal (with urethral involvement) NEC 599.1![](/images/note.png)
perirectal 565.1![](/images/note.png)
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tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 014.8![](/images/note.png)
peritoneum (see also Peritonitis) 567.22![](/images/note.png)
pilonidal (infected) (rectum) 685.1![](/images/note.png)
pleura, pleural, pleurocutaneous, pleuroperitoneal 510.0![](/images/note.png)
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stomach 510.0![](/images/note.png)
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tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 012.0![](/images/note.png)
postoperative, persistent 998.6![](/images/note.png)
preauricular (congenital) 744.46![](/images/note.png)
pulmonary 510.0![](/images/note.png)
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arteriovenous 417.0![](/images/note.png)
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tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis, pulmonary) 011.9![](/images/note.png)
rectosigmoid (intercommunicating) 569.81![](/images/note.png)
rectum (to skin) 565.1![](/images/note.png)
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tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 014.8![](/images/note.png)
round window (internal ear) 386.41![](/images/note.png)
salivary duct or gland 527.4![](/images/note.png)
scrotum (urinary) 608.89![](/images/note.png)
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tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 016.5![](/images/note.png)
semicircular canals (internal ear) 386.43![](/images/note.png)
skin 686.9
sphenoidal sinus (see also Sinusitis, sphenoidal) 473.3![](/images/note.png)
submaxillary
thoracicointestinal 510.0![](/images/note.png)
trachea (congenital) (external) (internal) 748.3![](/images/note.png)
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arteriovenous (see also Injury, blood vessel, by site) 904.9![](/images/note.png)
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brain - see Injury, intracranial
tuberculous - see Tuberculosis, by site
ureterosigmoido-abdominal 593.82![](/images/note.png)
urethroperineovesical 596.2![](/images/note.png)
urethrovesicovaginal 619.0![](/images/note.png)
urinary (persistent) (recurrent) 599.1![](/images/note.png)
uteroabdominal (anterior wall) 619.2![](/images/note.png)
vaginocutaneous (postpartal) 619.2![](/images/note.png)
vaginoileal (acquired) 619.1![](/images/note.png)
vesicocervicovaginal 619.0![](/images/note.png)
vesicosigmoidovaginal 619.1![](/images/note.png)
vesicoureterovaginal 619.0![](/images/note.png)
vesicourethrorectal 596.1![](/images/note.png)
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
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buttocks (skin) 686.9
finger (skin) 686.9![](/images/vertical.gif)
abscess (with lymphangitis) 681.00![](/images/note.png)
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cellulitis (with lymphangitis) 681.00![](/images/note.png)
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distal closed space (with lymphangitis) 681.00![](/images/note.png)
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nail 681.02![](/images/note.png)
foot (skin) 686.9
knee (skin) NEC 686.9![](/images/vertical.gif)
joint - see Arthritis, infectious
leg (skin) NEC 686.9
local, skin (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) NEC 686.9![](/images/vertical.gif)
abscess - see Abscess, by site![](/images/vertical.gif)
cellulitis - see Cellulitis, by site![](/images/vertical.gif)
ulcer (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9![](/images/note.png)
navel 686.9
sinus (see also Sinusitis) 473.9![](/images/note.png)
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pilonidal 685.1![](/images/note.png)
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skin NEC 686.9
skin (local) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) NEC 686.9![](/images/vertical.gif)
abscess - see Abscess, by site![](/images/vertical.gif)
cellulitis - see Cellulitis, by site![](/images/vertical.gif)
due to fungus 111.9![](/images/note.png)
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mycotic 111.9![](/images/note.png)
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ulcer (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9![](/images/note.png)
subcutaneous tissue, local NEC 686.9
thigh (skin) 686.9
thumb (skin) 686.9
toe (skin) 686.9
umbilicus (septic) 686.9
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
areolar tissue NEC 686.9
leg NEC 686.9
navel 686.9
parotid region 686.9
perineum (female) (male) 686.9
skin 686.9
subcutaneous tissue NEC 686.9
thigh 686.9
umbilicus, umbilical 686.9
- Omphalitis (congenital) (newborn) 771.4
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not of newborn 686.9
- Pustule 686.9
nonmalignant 686.9
- Sinus - see also Fistula
infected, skin NEC 686.9
skin![](/images/16x16.gif)
infected NEC 686.9![](/images/16x16.gif)
noninfected- see Ulcer, skin
- Sloughing (multiple) (skin) 686.9
abscess - see Abscess, by site
graft - see Complications, graft
phagedena (see also Gangrene) 785.4![](/images/note.png)
reattached extremity (see also Complications, reattached extremity) 996.90![](/images/note.png)
transplanted organ (see also Rejection, transplant, organ, by site) 996.80![](/images/note.png)
ulcer (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9![](/images/note.png)