912.3 - Blister Of Shoulder And Upper Arm, Infected
The ICD 9 Code for
Blister of shoulder and upper arm, infected is listed as
912.3. 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: |
912.3 |
| Long Description: |
Blister of shoulder and upper arm, infected |
| Short Description: |
Blister shoulder/arm-inf |
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| Chapter: |
Injury And Poisoning |
| Block: |
Superficial Injury (910-919) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): |
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| ICD-10-CM Code: |
Combination:
S40.229A - Blister (nonthermal) of unspecified shoulder, initial encounter
OR
S40.829A - Blister (nonthermal) of unspecified upper arm, initial encounter
with
L08.89 - Other specified local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 912.3: |
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| 912.0 - Abrasion or friction burn of shoulder and upper arm, without mention of infection |
| 912.1 - Abrasion or friction burn of shoulder and upper arm, infected |
| 912.2 - Blister of shoulder and upper arm, without mention of infection |
| 912.4 - Insect bite, nonvenomous of shoulder and upper arm, without mention of infection |
| 912.5 - Insect bite, nonvenomous of shoulder and upper arm, infected |
| 912.6 - Superficial foreign body (splinter) of shoulder and upper arm, without major open wound and without mention of infection |
| 912.7 - Superficial foreign body (splinter) of shoulder and upper arm, without major open wound, infected |
| 912.8 - Other and unspecified superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm, without mention of infection |
| 912.9 - Other and unspecified superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm, infected |
