910.3 BLISTER HEAD-INFECTED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 910.3

Short Description: Blister head-infected

Long Description: Blister of face, neck, and scalp except eye, infected

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Superficial injury (910-919)
      • 910 Superficial injury of face, neck, and scalp except eye
        • 910.3 Blister head-infected

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Blister of cheek with infection
  • Blister of ear with infection
  • Blister of face with infection
  • Blister of gum with infection
  • Blister of lip with infection
  • Blister of neck with infection
  • Blister of nose with infection
  • Blister of scalp with infection
  • Traumatic blister of face, infected
  • Traumatic blister of head, infected
  • Traumatic blister of neck, infected
  • Traumatic blister of scalp, infected

Crosswalk Information

The code 910.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
910.3 Right Arrow S00.92XA Blister (nonthermal) of unsp part of head, init encntr
S10.92XA Blister (nonthermal) of unsp part of neck, init encntr
L08.89 Oth local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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
910.0 Abrasion or friction burn of face, neck, and scalp except eye, without mention of infection
910.1 Abrasion or friction burn of face, neck, and scalp except eye, infected
910.2 Blister of face, neck, and scalp except eye, without mention of infection
910.4 Insect bite, nonvenomous of face, neck, and scalp except eye, without mention of infection
910.5 Insect bite, nonvenomous of face, neck, and scalp except eye, infected
910.6 Superficial foreign body (splinter) of face, neck, and scalp except eye, without major open wound and without mention of infection
910.7 Superficial foreign body (splinter) of face, neck, and scalp except eye, without major open wound, infected
910.8 Other and unspecified superficial injury of face, neck, and scalp, without mention of infection
910.9 Other and unspecified superficial injury of face, neck, and scalp, infected


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