Gangrene, not elsewhere classified
Billable / specificHCC V28 263
I96 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
- Gangrenous cellulitis
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- 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
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes (G45.-)
- gangrene in diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .52)
Also known as
- Gangrenous cellulitis
- Acrosphacelus
- Gangrene, gangrenous
- Gangrene, gangrenous, abdomen
- Gangrene, gangrenous, auricle
- Gangrene, gangrenous, cutaneous, spreading
- Gangrene, gangrenous, extremity
- Gangrene, gangrenous, limb
- Gangrene, gangrenous, perineum
- Gangrene, gangrenous, spine
- Gangrene, gangrenous, spreading cutaneous
- Gangrene, gangrenous, umbilicus
- Necrosis, necrotic, skin or subcutaneous tissue NEC
- Noma, auricle