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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1996 Fourth Quarter
GANGRENE
The instructional note for code 785.4, Gangrene, has been revised. A "Code first any associated underlying condition" note and an excludes note has been added.
785.4 Gangrene
Gangrene:
NOS
spreading cutaneous
Phagedena
Code first any associated underlying condition
Excludes: gangrene of certain sites-see Alphabetic Index
gangrene with atherosclerosis of the extremities (440.24)
gas gangrene (040.0)
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