945.55 - Deep Necrosis Of Underlying Tissues [deep Third Degree] With Loss Of A Body Part, Of Knee
The ICD 9 Code for
Deep necrosis of underlying tissues [deep third degree] with loss of a body part, of knee is listed as
945.55. 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: |
945.55 |
| Long Description: |
Deep necrosis of underlying tissues [deep third degree] with loss of a body part, of knee |
| Short Description: |
3 deg burn w loss-knee |
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| Chapter: |
Injury And Poisoning |
| Block: |
Burns (940-949) |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): |
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| ICD-10-CM Code: |
T24.329A - Burn of third degree of unspecified knee, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: |
T24.729A - Corrosion of third degree of unspecified knee, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 945.55: |
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| 945.50 - Deep necrosis of underlying tissues [deep third degree] with loss of a body part, of lower limb [leg], unspecified site |
| 945.51 - Deep necrosis of underlying tissues [deep third degree] with loss of a body part, of toe(s) (nail) |
| 945.52 - Deep necrosis of underlying tissues [deep third degree] with loss of a body part, of foot |
| 945.53 - Deep necrosis of underlying tissues [deep third degree] with loss of a body part, of ankle |
| 945.54 - Deep necrosis of underlying tissues [deep third degree] with loss of a body part, of lower leg |
| 945.56 - Deep necrosis of underlying tissues [deep third degree] with loss of a body part, of thigh [any part] |
| 945.59 - Deep necrosis of underlying tissues [deep third degree] with loss of a body part, of multiple sites of lower limb(s) |
