681.9 CELLULITIS OF DIGIT NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 681.9

Short Description: Cellulitis of digit NOS

Long Description: Cellulitis and abscess of unspecified digit

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (680–709)
    • Infections of skin and subcutaneous tissue (680-686)
      • 681 Cellulitis and abscess of finger and toe
        • 681.9 Cellulitis of digit NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Abscess of digit
  • Abscess of nail bed
  • Acute bacterial paronychia
  • Bacterial paronychia
  • Cellulitis of digit
  • Cellulitis with lymphangitis of digit
  • Chronic paronychia
  • Inflammation of matrix of nail
  • Nail bed infection
  • Neonatal bacterial paronychia
  • Paronychia
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa paronychia

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 681.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
    • digit NEC 681.9
    • nail (chronic) (with lymphangitis) 681.9
      • finger 681.02
      • toe 681.11
    • subungual 681.9
  • Cellulitis (diffuse) (with lymphangitis) (see also Abscess) 682.9
    • digit 681.9
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Wardrop's (with lymphangitis) 681.9
      • finger 681.02
      • toe 681.11
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • nail (chronic) (with lymphangitis) 681.9
      • finger 681.02
        • fungus 110.1
      • ingrowing 703.0
      • toe 681.11
        • fungus 110.1
  • Onychia (with lymphangitis) 681.9
    • dermatophytic 110.1
    • finger 681.02
    • toe 681.11
  • Onychitis (with lymphangitis) 681.9
    • finger 681.02
    • toe 681.11
  • Onyxitis (with lymphangitis) 681.9
    • finger 681.02
    • toe 681.11
  • Panaris (with lymphangitis) 681.9
    • finger 681.02
    • toe 681.11
  • Panaritium (with lymphangitis) 681.9
    • finger 681.02
    • toe 681.11
  • Paronychia (with lymphangitis) 681.9
    • candidal (chronic) 112.3
    • chronic 681.9
      • candidal 112.3
      • finger 681.02
      • toe 681.11
    • finger 681.02
    • toe 681.11
    • tuberculous (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  • Perionychia (with lymphangitis) 681.9
    • finger 681.02
    • toe 681.11
  • Septic - see also condition
    • nail 681.9
      • finger 681.02
      • toe 681.11
  • Wardrop's disease (with lymphangitis) 681.9
    • finger 681.02
    • toe 681.11

Crosswalk Information

The code 681.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
681.9 Right Arrow L03.019 Cellulitis of unspecified finger
L03.029 Acute lymphangitis of unspecified finger
L03.039 Cellulitis of unspecified toe
L03.049 Acute lymphangitis of unspecified toe
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
681.00 Cellulitis and abscess of finger, unspecified
681.01 Felon
681.02 Onychia and paronychia of finger
681.10 Cellulitis and abscess of toe, unspecified
681.11 Onychia and paronychia of toe


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014