040.0 - Gas Gangrene
The ICD 9 Code for Gas gangrene is listed as 040.0.
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: | 040.0 |
| Long Description: | Gas gangrene |
| Short Description: | Gas gangrene |
| Chapter: | Infectious And Parasitic Diseases |
| Block: | Other Bacterial Diseases (030-041) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | A48.0 - Gas gangrene |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 040.0: | |
| 040.1 - Rhinoscleroma | |
| 040.2 - Whipple's disease | |
| 040.3 - Necrobacillosis | |