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040.0 - Gas Gangrene


The ICD 9 Code for Gas gangrene is listed as 040.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 040.0
Long Description: Gas gangrene
Short Description: Gas gangrene
Chapter: Infectious And Parasitic Diseases
Block: Other Bacterial Diseases (030-041)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: A48.0 - Gas gangrene
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 040.0:
040.1 - Rhinoscleroma
040.2 - Whipple's disease
040.3 - Necrobacillosis