916.9 - Other And Unspecified Superficial Injury Of Hip, Thigh, Leg, And Ankle, Infected
The ICD 9 Code for
Other and unspecified superficial injury of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, infected is listed as
916.9. 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: |
916.9 |
| Long Description: |
Other and unspecified superficial injury of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, infected |
| Short Description: |
Superf inj leg NEC-infec |
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| Chapter: |
Injury And Poisoning |
| Block: |
Superficial Injury (910-919) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Superficial injury of ankle with infection
Superficial injury of hip with infection
Superficial injury of lower leg with infection
Superficial injury of lower limb, infected
Superficial injury of thigh with infection
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| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): |
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| ICD-10-CM Code: |
Combination:
S70.919A - Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified hip, initial encounter
OR
S70.929A - Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified thigh, initial encounter
OR
S80.919A - Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified knee, initial encounter
OR
S80.929A - Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified lower leg, initial encounter
OR
S90.919A - Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified ankle, initial encounter
with
L08.89 - Other specified local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 916.9: |
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| 916.0 - Abrasion or friction burn of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, without mention of infection |
| 916.1 - Abrasion or friction burn of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, infected |
| 916.2 - Blister of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, without mention of infection |
| 916.3 - Blister of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, infected |
| 916.4 - Insect bite, nonvenomous, of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, without mention of infection |
| 916.5 - Insect bite, nonvenomous of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, infected |
| 916.6 - Superficial foreign body (splinter) of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, without major open wound and without mention of infection |
| 916.7 - Superficial foreign body (splinter) of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, without major open wound, infected |
| 916.8 - Other and unspecified superficial injury of hip, thigh, leg, and ankle, without mention of infection |
