I96

Billable
ChapterI00–I99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Gangrene, not elsewhere classified

Metadata & Insights
  • Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • Chapter 9: Diseases of the Circulatory System (I00-I99).

CH9 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • 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.-)

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Gangrenous cellulitis
Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different 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. Code separately if applicable.)
  • gangrene in diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .52)

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH9Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)
I95-I99Other and unspecified disorders of the circulatory system (I95-I99)
I96Gangrene, not elsewhere classifiedBillable

Applicable Ancestor Context

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Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

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