729.72 - Nontraumatic Compartment Syndrome Of Lower Extremity
The ICD 9 Code for Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity is listed as 729.72.
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: | 729.72 |
| Long Description: | Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity |
| Short Description: | Nontraum comp syn-low ex |
| Chapter: | Diseases Of The Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue |
| Block: | Rheumatism, Excluding The Back (725-729) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Triceps surae compartment syndrome
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| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | M79.A29 - Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified lower extremity (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 729.72: | |
| 729.71 - Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity | |
| 729.73 - Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen | |
| 729.79 - Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of other sites | |