Emergency: 119
AMDA-IMIC

I96 Gangrene, not elsewhere classified

Billable

Block: Other and unspecified disorders of the circulatory system (I95-I99)

Includes

  • Gangrenous cellulitis

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • gangrene in atherosclerosis of native arteries of the extremities (I70.26)
  • gangrene in hernia (K40.1, K40.4, K41.1, K41.4, K42.1, K43.1-, K44.1, K45.1, K46.1)
  • gangrene in other peripheral vascular diseases (I73.-)
  • gangrene of certain specified sites - see Alphabetical Index
  • gas gangrene (A48.0)
  • pyoderma gangrenosum (L88)

Excludes 2 (not included here)

  • gangrene in diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .52)
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This category is a complete, billable diagnosis code.

No additional specificity is required — submit I96 directly on claims and documentation without a subcode extension.

Last reviewed: September 2026