A48.0 - Gas gangrene
The ICD 10 Code for Gas gangrene is listed as A48.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.
| ICD 10 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | A48.0
|
| Description: | Gas gangrene
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| Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0) |
793 - Full Term Neonate W Major Problems
867 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W Mcc 868 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W Cc 869 - Other Infectious & Parasitic Diseases Diagnoses W/o Cc/mcc |
| Chapter | Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) |
| Block | Other bacterial diseases (A30-A49) |
| Parent | A48 - Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classified |
| ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD 9 Dx Code: | 040.0 - Gas gangrene |
| ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of A48.0: | |
| A48.1 - Legionnaires' disease | |
| A48.2 - Nonpneumonic Legionnaires' disease [Pontiac fever] | |
| A48.3 - Toxic shock syndrome | |
| A48.4 - Brazilian purpuric fever | |
| A48.5 - Other specified botulism | |
| A48.8 - Other specified bacterial diseases | |