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910.5 INSECT BITE HEAD-INFECT


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 910.5

Short Description: Insect bite head-infect

Long Description: Insect bite, nonvenomous 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
        • 910.5 Insect bite head-infect

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Infected insect bite of head and neck
  • Insect bite, nonvenomous, of head, infected
  • Nonvenomous insect bite of cheek with infection
  • Nonvenomous insect bite of ear with infection
  • Nonvenomous insect bite of face with infection
  • Nonvenomous insect bite of gum with infection
  • Nonvenomous insect bite of lip with infection
  • Nonvenomous insect bite of neck with infection
  • Nonvenomous insect bite of nose with infection
  • Nonvenomous insect bite of scalp with infection

Crosswalk Information

The code 910.5 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
910.5 Right Arrow S00.96XA Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unsp part of head, init encntr
S10.96XA Insect bite of unspecified part of neck, initial encounter
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
910.3 Blister of face, neck, and scalp except eye, infected
910.4 Insect bite, nonvenomous of face, neck, and scalp except eye, without mention of infection
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

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