Gas gangrene
Billable / specificHCC V28 263
A48.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Clostridial cellulitis
- Clostridial myonecrosis
Includes (from A48)
- diseases generally recognized as communicable or transmissible
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-) (from A48)
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters (from A48)
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-) (from A48)
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) (from A48)
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22) (from A48)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Clostridial cellulitis
- Clostridial myonecrosis
- Abscess, anerobic
- Aerogenes capsulatus infection
- Cellulitis, anaerobic
- Cellulitis, clostridial
- Gangrene, gangrenous, Bacillus welchii
- Gangrene, gangrenous, Clostridium perfringens or welchii
- Gangrene, gangrenous, gas
- Gas, gangrene
- Infection, infected, infective, aerogenes capsulatus
- Infection, infected, infective, Bacillus, gas
- Infection, infected, infective, Clostridioides, difficile, gas gangrene
- Infection, infected, infective, Clostridium NEC, bifermentans
- Infection, infected, infective, Clostridium NEC, difficile, gas gangrene
- Infection, infected, infective, Clostridium NEC, gas-forming NEC
- Infection, infected, infective, Clostridium NEC, histolyticum
Parent code
- A48Other bacterial diseases, not elsewhere classifiedHeader