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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
* This code should NOT be used interchangeably with necrosis. Use this code if documentation supports that gangrene is in fact present. | |||
*As per TASK May 22, 2024- a necrotic open wound may be due to severe infection of the wound, rather than truly being gangrene, which is due to lack of perfusion to a body part. | |||
*For traumatic open wounds (e.g. Thorax, open wound, injury/trauma this INCLUDES necrotic wounds. But for nontraumatic open wounds there is no general code or group of codes equivalent to those trauma codes. | |||
*There are, however, some appropriate specific codes that include necrotic nontraumatic wounds -- these include Diabetes mellitus chronic complication: Foot ulcer, and the multiple codes for decubitus ulcers. For OTHER types of necrotic, nontraumatic wounds use Skin ulcer, NOS. | |||
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangrene | *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangrene | ||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||
* [[Fournier's gangrene]] | * [[Fournier's gangrene]] | ||
* [[Gas gangrene (usually due to Clostridium perfringens)]] | * [[Gas gangrene (usually due to Clostridium perfringens)]] | ||
* [[Abdominal hernia, with obstruction, incarceration or strangulation]] | * [[Abdominal hernia, with obstruction, incarceration or strangulation]] | ||
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*[[ Mesenteric ischemia, NOS ]] | *[[ Mesenteric ischemia, NOS ]] | ||
*[[Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) ]] = can cause venous limb gangrene | *[[Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) ]] = can cause venous limb gangrene | ||
== Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] == | == Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] == | ||