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ICD-10-CM Code for Gangrene, not elsewhere classified I96

ICD-10 code I96 for Gangrene, not elsewhere classified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the circulatory system .

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Gangrene, not elsewhere classified
Gangrenous cellulitis
Excludes1: gangrene in atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities (I70.26)
gangrene in hernia (K40.1, K40.4, K41.1, K41.4, K42.1, K43.1-, K44.1, K45.1, K46.1)
gangrene in other peripheral vascular diseases (I73.-)
gangrene of certain specified sites - see Alphabetical Index
gas gangrene (A48.0)
pyoderma gangrenosum (L88)
Excludes2: gangrene in diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .52)

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