Gangrene, NOS
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ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Gangrene, NOS |
ICD10 code: | R02 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Necrotizing soft tissue infections (necrotizing fasciitis, myonecrosis, gas or clostridial gangrene etc.) |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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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
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Fournier's gangrene
- Gas gangrene (usually due to Clostridium perfringens)
- Abdominal hernia, with obstruction, incarceration or strangulation
- Necrotizing fasciitis
- Frostbite
- Atherosclerosis of arteries of arms or legs
- Limb ischemia (upper or lower)
- Diabetes mellitus chronic complication: Cardiovascular
- Abdominal hernia, with gangrene
- Mesenteric ischemia, NOS
- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) = can cause venous limb gangrene
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