Fournier gangrene

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Fournier's gangrene
FY2010 Draft description revised draft ~~Fournier's gangrene~~ Fournier gangrene

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 N49 Inflammatory disorders of male genital organs, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 - never coded here

inflammation of penis (N48.1, N48.2-)
orchitis and epididymitis (N45.-)

Use additional code

code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent

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.

Naga sore
Phagedena
Sloughing
Sphacelus
Veldt sore
Sore > Naga
Sore > veldt
Desert > sore
Mortification
Sore > desert
Pericellulitis
Sore > of skin
Sore > tropical
Meleney's > ulcer
Sloughing > ulcer
Necrosis, necrotic
Meleney's > gangrene
Phagedena > tropical
Barcoo disease or rot
Pemphigus > gangrenous
Cellulitis > gangrenous
Dropsy, dropsical > gangrenous
Gangrene, gangrenous > Meleney's
Lesion > ulcerated or ulcerative
Infection, infected, infective > skin > ulcer
Gangrene, gangrenous > progressive synergistic
Infection, infected, infective > local, skin > ulcer
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > chronic
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > trophic
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > atrophic
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > tropical
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > fistulous
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > Meleney's
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > sloughing
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > gangrenous
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > phagedenic
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > neurogenic NEC
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > unspecified site
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > nose, nasal > skin
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > perforating > skin

Showing 40 of 47 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
N49.0	Inflammatory disorders of seminal vesicle	Valid
N49.1	Inflammatory disorders of spermatic cord, tunica vaginalis and vas deferens	Valid
N49.2	Inflammatory disorders of scrotum	Valid
N49.8	Inflammatory disorders of other specified male genital organs	Valid
N49.9	Inflammatory disorder of unspecified male genital organ	Valid