Causes. Most abscesses are caused by an infection with staphylococcal bacteria. When bacteria enter the body, the immune system sends white blood cells to fight the infection. This causes swelling (inflammation) at the site of infection and the death of nearby tissue. A cavity is created, which fills with pus to form an abscess.
Abscess. The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index is designed to allow medical coders to look up various medical terms and connect them with the appropriate ICD codes. There are 340 terms under the parent term 'Abscess' in the ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index . Abscess. See Code: L02.91.
Infection following a procedure, organ and space surgical site
ICD-10 code L02. 511 for Cutaneous abscess of right hand is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue .
012 – Cellulitis of Left Finger.
ICD-10 Code for Local infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified- L08. 9- Codify by AAPC.
Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue ICD-10-CM L08.
Paronychia is nail inflammation that may result from trauma, irritation or infection. It can affect fingernails or toenails. Paronychia can develop when bacteria enter broken skin near the cuticle and nail fold, causing an infection. The cuticle is the skin at the base of the nail.
Paronychia is a soft tissue infection around a fingernail or toenail that begins as cellulitis but that may progress to a definite abscess.
Z48. 0 - Encounter for attention to dressings, sutures and drains | ICD-10-CM.
Postoperative wound infection is classified to ICD-9-CM code 998.59, Other postoperative infection. Code 998.59 also includes postoperative intra-abdominal abscess, postoperative stitch abscess, postoperative subphrenic abscess, postoperative wound abscess, and postoperative septicemia.
ICD-10 code B99. 9 for Unspecified infectious disease is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Certain infectious and parasitic diseases .
ICD-10-CM Code for Subcorneal pustular dermatitis L13. 1.
ICD-10 code: K57. 92 Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation, abscess or bleeding.
ICD-10 code L08. 0 for Pyoderma is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue .