686.8 - Other Specified Local Infections Of Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue
The ICD 9 Code for Other specified local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue is listed as 686.8.
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: | 686.8 |
| Long Description: | Other specified local infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue |
| Short Description: | Local skin infection NEC |
| Chapter: | Diseases Of The Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue |
| Block: | Infections Of Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue (680-686) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Acrodermatitis
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin granuloma Bacillus Calmette-Guerin ulcer Bacterial infection of skin Bacterid Chlamydial dermatological disorders Cutaneous erysipeloid Cutaneous fluke infection Cutaneous glanders Cutaneous involvement legionellosis Dermatitis vegetans Ecthyma Hereditary acrodermatitis enteropathica Inflammatory disease of subcutaneous fat including noninfectious granuloma Non-hereditary acrodermatitis enteropathica Perleche Protothecosis of skin Pustular bacterid Pustular eczema Staphylococcal skin disorder Streptococcal skin disorder Viral infection of skin |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | E83.2 - Disorders of zinc metabolism (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | L08.89 - Other specified local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 686.8: | |
| 686.1 - Pyogenic granuloma of skin and subcutaneous tissue | |
| 686.9 - Unspecified local infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue | |