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681.9 - Cellulitis And Abscess Of Unspecified Digit


The ICD 9 Code for Cellulitis and abscess of unspecified digit is listed as 681.9.
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: 681.9
Long Description: Cellulitis and abscess of unspecified digit
Short Description: Cellulitis of digit NOS
Chapter: Diseases Of The Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue
Block: Infections Of Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue (680-686)
Related Descriptions: Abscess of digit
Abscess of nail bed
Acute bacterial paronychia
Bacterial paronychia
Cellulitis of digit
Cellulitis with lymphangitis of digit
Chronic paronychia
Inflammation of matrix of nail
Nail bed infection
Neonatal bacterial paronychia
Paronychia
Pseudomonas aeruginosa paronychia
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: L03.019 - Cellulitis of unspecified finger (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: L03.029 - Acute lymphangitis of unspecified finger (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: L03.039 - Cellulitis of unspecified toe (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Code: L03.049 - Acute lymphangitis of unspecified toe (approximate)