ICD-10: 728.86 to M72.6: Expect Direct Crosswalk for Necrotizing Fasciitis

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Converting your necrotizing fasciitis coding from ICD-9 to ICD-10 shouldn't be too complicated, barring ICD-10 changes before its implementation on Oct. 1, 2013.

The two diagnosis coding systems provide a one-to-one crosswalk, as follows:

• ICD-9: 728.86 -- Necrotizing fasciitis
• ICD-10: M72.6 -- Necrotizing fasciitis.

Even the instruction to use an additional code to identify the infectious (causative) organism aligns from ICD-9 to ICD- 10, making your job that much easier.

Organism Codes Vary

Once you get to the organism codes -- that's where the ICD-9 to ICD-10 one-to-one correspondence ends.

Although many codes for infectious organisms will have a direct crosswalk, like 041.01 [...]

- Published on 2011-09-14