ICD-10: I96

Gangrene, not elsewhere classified

Clinical Information

Inclusion Terms

  • Gangrenous cellulitis

Coding Guidelines

Excludes 1

  • gangrene in atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities (I70.26)
  • pyoderma gangrenosum (L88)
  • gangrene of certain specified sites - see Alphabetical Index
  • gangrene in other peripheral vascular diseases (I73.-)
  • gangrene in hernia (K40.1, K40.4, K41.1, K41.4, K42.1, K43.1-, K44.1, K45.1, K46.1)
  • gas gangrene (A48.0)

Excludes 2

  • gangrene in diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .52)

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