Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: 040.3
  • Short Description: Necrobacillosis
  • Long Description: Necrobacillosis
  • Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Code Classification

  • Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
    • Other bacterial diseases (030-041)
      • 040 Other bacterial diseases
        • 040.3 Necrobacillosis

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 040.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • Bacillus NEC 041.89
      • Schmorl's 040.3
    • Schmorl's bacillus 040.3
    • Spherophorus necrophorus 040.3
  • Necrobacillosis 040.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 040.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
040.3 Right Arrow A48.8 Other specified bacterial diseases
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.

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ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
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040.82 Toxic shock syndrome
040.89 Other specified bacterial diseases
This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014