MC85

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Gangrene

Description

Gangrene, not elsewhere classified is the death of tissues in the body which happens when a part of the body loses its blood supply.

Index terms

  • Gangrene
  • body tissue necrosis
  • cellular necrosis
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  • dry gangrene
  • gangrene NOS
  • gangrenous disorder
  • gangrenous pemphigus
  • gangrenous ulcer
  • ischemic necrosis
  • moist gangrene
  • multiple sloughing
  • necrosis
  • phagedena
  • sloughing NOS
  • sphacelus
  • synergistic gangrene NOS
  • tissue devitalisation
  • tissue devitalization
  • ulcerative gangrene
  • wet gangrene
  • Abdominal gangrene
  • abdomen gangrene
  • abdominal wall gangrene
  • Connective tissue gangrene
  • spreading cutaneous gangrene
  • Gangrene of leg
  • lower extremity gangrene
  • lower limb gangrene
  • Gangrene of skin
  • cutaneous necrosis
  • gangrenous cellulitis
  • skin necrosis
  • skin ulcer with gangrene
  • sloughing of skin
  • Meleney’s gangrene
  • Gangrene of umbilicus
  • Perineal gangrene
  • perineum gangrene
  • Spinal gangrene
  • spine gangrene

Excludes

  • 1B71.1 – Polymicrobial necrotising fasciitis
  • 1C16 – Gas gangrene
  • EB21 – Pyoderma gangrenosum

Exclusions from above levels

  • 19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Sibling codes

  • MC80 – Abnormal blood-pressure reading, without diagnosis of hypertension or hypotension
  • MC81 – Abnormalities of heart beat
  • MC82 – Cardiac arrest
  • MC83 – Cardiac murmurs or other cardiac sounds
  • MC84 – Cardiovascular pain
  • MC86 – Precordial pain
  • MC87 – Pressure or tightness of heart
  • MC88 – Prominent veins
  • MC8Y – Other specified symptoms or signs involving the circulatory system

Foundation entity

Gangrene – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/188156827

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified