ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M70-M79 › M72 Fibroblastic disorders › M72.6
Necrotizing fasciitis
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Necrotizing fasciitis
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from M72 Fibroblastic disorders
Excludes2 - not included here
- retroperitoneal fibromatosis (D48.3)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Fasciitis > necrotizing
- Fasciitis > infective > necrotizing
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M72.0 | Palmar fascial fibromatosis [Dupuytren] | Valid |
| M72.1 | Knuckle pads | Valid |
| M72.2 | Plantar fascial fibromatosis | Not billable |
| M72.4 | Pseudosarcomatous fibromatosis | Valid |
| M72.8 | Other fibroblastic disorders | Valid |
| M72.9 | Fibroblastic disorder, unspecified | Valid |