728.86 - Necrotizing Fasciitis
The ICD 9 Code for Necrotizing fasciitis is listed as 728.86.
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: | 728.86 |
| Long Description: | Necrotizing fasciitis |
| Short Description: | Necrotizing fasciitis |
| Chapter: | Diseases Of The Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue |
| Block: | Rheumatism, Excluding The Back (725-729) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | M72.6 - Necrotizing fasciitis |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 728.86: | |
| 728.81 - Interstitial myositis | |
| 728.82 - Foreign body granuloma of muscle | |
| 728.83 - Rupture of muscle, nontraumatic | |
| 728.84 - Diastasis of muscle | |
| 728.85 - Spasm of muscle | |
| 728.87 - Muscle weakness (generalized) | |
| 728.88 - Rhabdomyolysis | |
| 728.89 - Other disorders of muscle, ligament, and fascia | |