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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*Gas gangrene (also known as clostridial myonecrosis[1] and myonecrosis[2]) is a bacterial infection that produces gas in tissues in gangrene. This deadly form of gangrene usually is caused by Clostridium perfringens bacteria | |||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||
* [[Fournier's gangrene in a male]] | * [[Fournier's gangrene in a male]] | ||