2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 707.9 : Chronic ulcer of unspecified site

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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 707.9

Chronic ulcer of unspecified site

Short description: CHRONIC SKIN ULCER NOS.
ICD-9-CM 707.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 707.9 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
You are viewing the 2008 version of ICD-9-CM 707.9.
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Convert to ICD-10-CM: 707.9 converts approximately to:

2015/16 ICD-10-CM L98.499 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with unspecified severity

Approximate Synonyms

Application site ulcer
Atherosclerotic ischemic ulcer of skin
Chronic skin ulcer due to type 2 diabetes mellitus
Chronic trophic ulcer of skin
Chronic ulcer of skin
Chronic ulcer of skin due to type 1 diabetes mellitus
Chronic ulcer of skin limited to skin layer
Chronic ulcer of skin with bone necrosis
Chronic ulcer of skin with fat layer exposure
Chronic ulcer of skin with muscle necrosis
Chronic ulcer of skin, bone necrosis
Chronic ulcer of skin, breakdown of skin
Chronic ulcer of skin, fat layer exposed
Chronic ulcer of skin, muscle necrosis
Chronic ulcer of skin, skin layer only
Cratered ulcer
Cutaneous streptococcal ulcer
Cutaneous ulceration due to cytotoxic therapy
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) lesion, ulcerative
Desert sore
Diabetes type 1 with chronic skin ulcer
Diabetes type 1 with diabetic skin ulcer
Diabetes type 2 with chronic skin ulcer
Diabetic skin ulcer associated with Type 2 diabetes mellitus
DM 1 w diabetic chronic skin ulcer
DM 1 w diabetic skin ulcer
DM 2 W diabetic chronic skin ulcer
Familial acantholysis
Infected ulcer of skin
Injection site ulcer
Ischemic ulcer
Ischemic ulcer of skin (disorder)
Methotrexate skin ulceration
Mucocutaneous ulcer
Mucosal ulcer
Necrosis AND/OR ulceration of skin due to extravasation of drug
Neuropathic ulcer
On examination - depth of ulcer
On examination - skin ulcer
On examination - skin ulcer present
On examination - trophic skin ulceration
Parastomal ulceration
Postthrombotic ulcer
Postthrombotic ulcer w inflammation
Postthrombotic ulcer with inflammation
Secondary diabetes with ulcer
Secondary DM w diabetic ulcer
Skin ulcer
Skin ulcer associated with diabetes mellitus
Skin ulcer due to CMV
Skin ulcer due to cytomegalovirus
Skin ulcer due to cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection
Skin ulcer due to secondary diabetes mellitus
Skin ulcer due to type 1 diabetes mellitus
Skin ulcer of nose
Skin ulcer with punched out edge
Stasis dermatitis and venous ulcer due to postphlebitic syndrome
Superficial ulcer of skin
Traumatic skin ulcer
Traumatic ulcer
Tropical phagedenic ulcer
Type I diabetes mellitus with ulcer
Type II diabetes mellitus with ulcer
Ulcer
Ulcer due to Bacteroides
Ulcer of lower extremity due to postphlebitic syndrome
Ulcer of lower limb due to postphlebitic syndrome
Ulcer of skin
Ulcer of skin or mucosa
Ulcer skin, chronic
Ulcer, neuropathic
Ulcer, skin, ischemic
Ulcerating cutaneous leishmaniasis
Ulceration of skin due to therapeutic ionizing radiation
ulcerative CMV lesion
Ulcerative cytomegalovirus lesion
Venous stasis edema w ulcer
Venous stasis edema w ulcer and inflammation
Venous stasis ulcer
Venous stasis ulcer with edema and inflammation

Applies To

Chronic ulcer NOS
Trophic ulcer NOS
Tropical ulcer NOS
Ulcer of skin NOS

ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 707.9:

Atrophy, atrophic
- ulcer (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
Barcoo disease or rot (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
Desert
- sore (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
Diabetes, diabetic (brittle) (congenital) (familial) (mellitus) (poorly controlled) (severe) (slight) (without complication) 250.0
- ulcer (skin) 250.8 [707.9]
  - lower extremity 250.8 [707.10]
    - ankle 250.8 [707.13]
    - calf 250.8 [707.12]
    - foot 250.8 [707.15]
    - heel 250.8 [707.14]
    - knee 250.8 [707.19]
    - specified site NEC 250.8 [707.19]
    - thigh 250.8 [707.11]
    - toes 250.8 [707.15]
  - specified site NEC 250.8 [707.8]
Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- Barcoo (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
- local, skin (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) NEC 686.9
  - abscess - see Abscess, by site
  - cellulitis - see Cellulitis, by site
  - ulcer (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
- skin (local) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) NEC 686.9
  - abscess - see Abscess, by site
  - cellulitis - see Cellulitis, by site
  - due to fungus 111.9
    - specified type NEC 111.8
  - mycotic 111.9
    - specified type NEC 111.8
  - ulcer (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
Naga sore (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
Phagedena (dry) (moist) (see also Gangrene) 785.4
- tropical (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
Phagedenic - see also condition
- ulcer (tropical) (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
Rot
- Barcoo (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
Sloughing (multiple) (skin) 686.9
- ulcer (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
Sore
- desert (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
- naga (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
- tropical (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
- veldt (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9
- with gangrene 707.9 [785.4]
- abdomen (wall) (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
- ala, nose 478.19
- alveolar process 526.5
- amebic (intestine) 006.9
  - skin 006.6
- anastomotic - see Ulcer, gastrojejunal
- anorectal 569.41
- antral - see Ulcer, stomach
- anus (sphincter) (solitary) 569.41
  - varicose - see Varicose, ulcer, anus
- aorta - see Aneurysm
- aphthous (oral) (recurrent) 528.2
  - genital organ(s)
    - female 616.50
    - male 608.89
  - mouth 528.2
- arm (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
- arteriosclerotic plaque - see Arteriosclerosis, by site
- artery NEC 447.2
  - without rupture 447.8
- atrophic NEC - see Ulcer, skin
- Barrett's (chronic peptic ulcer of esophagus) 530.85
- bile duct 576.8
- bladder (solitary) (sphincter) 596.8
  - bilharzial (see also Schistosomiasis) 120.9 [595.4]
  - submucosal (see also Cystitis) 595.1
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 016.1
- bleeding NEC - see Ulcer, peptic, with hemorrhage
- bone 730.9
- bowel (see also Ulcer, intestine) 569.82
- breast 611.0
- bronchitis 491.8
- bronchus 519.19
- buccal (cavity) (traumatic) 528.9
- burn (acute) - see Ulcer, duodenum
- Buruli 031.1
- buttock (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
  - decubitus (see also Ulcer, decubitus) 707.00
- cancerous (M8000/3) - see Neoplasm, by site, malignant
- cardia - see Ulcer, stomach
- cardio-esophageal (peptic) 530.20
  - with bleeding 530.21
- cecum (see also Ulcer, intestine) 569.82
- cervix (uteri) (trophic) 622.0
  - with mention of cervicitis 616.0
- chancroidal 099.0
- chest (wall) (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
- Chiclero 085.4
- chin (pyogenic) (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
- chronic (cause unknown) - see also Ulcer, skin
  - penis 607.89
- Cochin-China 085.1
- colitis - see Colitis, ulcerative
- colon (see also Ulcer, intestine) 569.82
- conjunctiva (acute) (postinfectional) 372.00
- cornea (infectional) 370.00
  - with perforation 370.06
  - annular 370.02
  - catarrhal 370.01
  - central 370.03
  - dendritic 054.42
  - marginal 370.01
  - mycotic 370.05
  - phlyctenular, tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.3 [370.31]
  - ring 370.02
  - rodent 370.07
  - serpent, serpiginous 370.04
  - superficial marginal 370.01
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.3 [370.31]
- corpus cavernosum (chronic) 607.89
- crural - see Ulcer, lower extremity
- Curling's - see Ulcer, duodenum
- Cushing's - see Ulcer, peptic
- cystitis (interstitial) 595.1
- decubitus (unspecified site) 707.00
  - with gangrene 707.00 [785.4]
  - ankle 707.06
  - back
    - lower 707.03
    - upper 707.02
  - buttock 707.05
  - elbow 707.01
  - head 707.09
  - heel 707.07
  - hip 707.04
  - other site 707.09
  - sacrum 707.03
  - shoulder blades 707.02
- dendritic 054.42
- diabetes, diabetic (mellitus) 250.8 [707.9]
  - lower limb 250.8 [707.10]
    - ankle 250.8 [707.13]
    - calf 250.8 [707.12]
    - foot 250.8 [707.15]
    - heel 250.8 [707.14]
    - knee 250.8 [707.19]
    - specified site NEC 250.8 [707.19]
    - thigh 250.8 [707.11]
    - toes 250.8 [707.15]
  - specified site NEC 250.8 [707.8]
- Dieulafoy - see Lesion, Dieulafoy
- due to
  - infection NEC - see Ulcer, skin
  - radiation, radium - see Ulcer, by site
  - trophic disturbance (any region) - see Ulcer, skin
  - x-ray - see Ulcer, by site
- duodenum, duodenal (eroded) (peptic) 532.9
  - with
    - hemorrhage (chronic) 532.4
      - and perforation 532.6
    - perforation (chronic) 532.5
      - and hemorrhage 532.6
  - acute 532.3
    - with
      - hemorrhage 532.0
        and perforation 532.2
      - perforation 532.1
        and hemorrhage 532.2
  - bleeding (recurrent) - see Ulcer, duodenum, with hemorrhage
  - chronic 532.7
    - with
      - hemorrhage 532.4
        and perforation 532.6
      - perforation 532.5
        and hemorrhage 532.6
  - penetrating - see Ulcer, duodenum, with perforation
  - perforating - see Ulcer, duodenum, with perforation
- dysenteric NEC 009.0
- elusive 595.1
- endocarditis (any valve) (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 421.0
- enteritis - see Colitis, ulcerative
- enterocolitis 556.0
- epiglottis 478.79
- esophagus (peptic) 530.20
  - with bleeding 530.21
  - due to ingestion
    - aspirin 530.20
    - chemicals 530.20
    - medicinal agents 530.20
  - fungal 530.20
  - infectional 530.20
  - varicose (see also Varix, esophagus) 456.1
    - bleeding (see also Varix, esophagus, bleeding) 456.0
- eye NEC 360.00
  - dendritic 054.42
- eyelid (region) 373.01
- face (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
- fauces 478.29
- Fenwick (-Hunner) (solitary) (see also Cystitis) 595.1
- fistulous NEC - see Ulcer, skin
- foot (indolent) (see also Ulcer, lower extremity) 707.15
  - perforating 707.15
    - leprous 030.1
    - syphilitic 094.0
  - trophic 707.15
  - varicose 454.0
    - inflamed or infected 454.2
- frambesial, initial or primary 102.0
- gallbladder or duct 575.8
- gall duct 576.8
- gangrenous (see also Gangrene) 785.4
- gastric - see Ulcer, stomach
- gastrocolic - see Ulcer, gastrojejunal
- gastroduodenal - see Ulcer, peptic
- gastroesophageal - see Ulcer, stomach
- gastrohepatic - see Ulcer, stomach
- gastrointestinal - see Ulcer, gastrojejunal
- gastrojejunal (eroded) (peptic) 534.9
  - with
    - hemorrhage (chronic) 534.4
      - and perforation 534.6
    - perforation 534.5
      - and hemorrhage 534.6
  - acute 534.3
    - with
      - hemorrhage 534.0
        and perforation 534.2
      - perforation 534.1
        and hemorrhage 534.2
  - bleeding (recurrent) - see Ulcer, gastrojejunal, with hemorrhage
  - chronic 534.7
    - with
      - hemorrhage 534.4
        and perforation 534.6
      - perforation 534.5
        and hemorrhage 534.6
  - penetrating - see Ulcer, gastrojejunal, with perforation
  - perforating - see Ulcer, gastrojejunal, with perforation
- gastrojejunocolic - see Ulcer, gastrojejunal
- genital organ
  - female 629.89
  - male 608.89
- gingiva 523.8
- gingivitis 523.10
- glottis 478.79
- granuloma of pudenda 099.2
- groin (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
- gum 523.8
- gumma, due to yaws 102.4
- hand (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
- hard palate 528.9
- heel (see also Ulcer, lower extremity) 707.14
  - decubitus (see also Ulcer, decubitus) 707.07
- hemorrhoids 455.8
  - external 455.5
  - internal 455.2
- hip (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
  - decubitus (see also Ulcer, decubitus) 707.04
- Hunner's 595.1
- hypopharynx 478.29
- hypopyon (chronic) (subacute) 370.04
- hypostaticum - see Ulcer, varicose
- ileocolitis 556.1
- ileum (see also Ulcer, intestine) 569.82
- intestine, intestinal 569.82
  - with perforation 569.83
  - amebic 006.9
  - duodenal - see Ulcer, duodenum
  - granulocytopenic (with hemorrhage) 288.09
  - marginal 569.82
  - perforating 569.83
  - small, primary 569.82
  - stercoraceous 569.82
  - stercoral 569.82
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 014.8
  - typhoid (fever) 002.0
  - varicose 456.8
- ischemic 707.9
  - lower extremity (see also Ulcer, lower extremity) 707.10
    - ankle 707.13
    - calf 707.12
    - foot 707.15
    - heel 707.14
    - knee 707.19
    - specified site NEC 707.19
    - thigh 707.11
    - toes 707.15
- jejunum, jejunal - see Ulcer, gastrojejunal
- keratitis (see also Ulcer, cornea) 370.00
- knee - see Ulcer, lower extremity
- labium (majus) (minus) 616.50
- laryngitis (see also Laryngitis) 464.00
  - with obstruction 464.01
- larynx (aphthous) (contact) 478.79
  - diphtheritic 032.3
- leg - see Ulcer, lower extremity
- lip 528.5
- Lipschütz's 616.50
- lower extremity (atrophic) (chronic) (neurogenic) (perforating) (pyogenic) (trophic) (tropical) 707.10
  - with gangrene (see also Ulcer, lower extremity) 707.10 [785.4]
    - arteriosclerotic 440.24
  - ankle 707.13
  - arteriosclerotic 440.23
    - with gangrene 440.24
  - calf 707.12
  - decubitus 707.00
    - with gangrene 707.00 [785.4]
    - ankle 707.06
    - buttock 707.05
    - heel 707.07
    - hip 707.04
  - foot 707.15
  - heel 707.14
  - knee 707.19
  - specified site NEC 707.19
  - thigh 707.11
  - toes 707.15
  - varicose 454.0
    - inflamed or infected 454.2
- luetic - see Ulcer, syphilitic
- lung 518.89
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 011.2
- malignant (M8000/3) - see Neoplasm, by site, malignant
- marginal NEC - see Ulcer, gastrojejunal
- meatus (urinarius) 597.89
- Meckel's diverticulum 751.0
- Meleney's (chronic undermining) 686.09
- Mooren's (cornea) 370.07
- mouth (traumatic) 528.9
- mycobacterial (skin) 031.1
- nasopharynx 478.29
- navel cord (newborn) 771.4
- neck (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
  - uterus 622.0
- neurogenic NEC - see Ulcer, skin
- nose, nasal (infectional) (passage) 478.19
  - septum 478.19
    - varicose 456.8
  - skin - see Ulcer, skin
  - spirochetal NEC 104.8
- oral mucosa (traumatic) 528.9
- palate (soft) 528.9
- penetrating NEC - see Ulcer, peptic, with perforation
- penis (chronic) 607.89
- peptic (site unspecified) 533.9
  - with
    - hemorrhage 533.4
      - and perforation 533.6
    - perforation (chronic) 533.5
      - and hemorrhage 533.6
  - acute 533.3
    - with
      - hemorrhage 533.0
        and perforation 533.2
      - perforation 533.1
        and hemorrhage 533.2
  - bleeding (recurrent) - see Ulcer, peptic, with hemorrhage
  - chronic 533.7
    - with
      - hemorrhage 533.4
        and perforation 533.6
      - perforation 533.5
        and hemorrhage 533.6
  - penetrating - see Ulcer, peptic, with perforation
- perforating NEC (see also Ulcer, peptic, with perforation) 533.5
  - skin 707.9
- perineum (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
- peritonsillar 474.8
- phagedenic (tropical) NEC - see Ulcer, skin
- pharynx 478.29
- phlebitis - see Phlebitis
- plaster (see also Ulcer, decubitus) 707.00
- popliteal space - see Ulcer, lower extremity
- postpyloric - see Ulcer, duodenum
- prepuce 607.89
- prepyloric - see Ulcer, stomach
- pressure (see also Ulcer, decubitus) 707.00
- primary of intestine 569.82
  - with perforation 569.83
- proctitis 556.2
  - with ulcerative sigmoiditis 556.3
- prostate 601.8
- pseudopeptic - see Ulcer, peptic
- pyloric - see Ulcer, stomach
- rectosigmoid 569.82
  - with perforation 569.83
- rectum (sphincter) (solitary) 569.41
  - stercoraceous, stercoral 569.41
  - varicose - see Varicose, ulcer, anus
- retina (see also Chorioretinitis) 363.20
- rodent (M8090/3) - see also Neoplasm, skin, malignant
  - cornea 370.07
- round - see Ulcer, stomach
- sacrum (region) (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
- Saemisch's 370.04
- scalp (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
- sclera 379.09
- scrofulous (see also Tuberculosis) 017.2
- scrotum 608.89
  - tuberculous (see also Tuberculosis) 016.5
  - varicose 456.4
- seminal vesicle 608.89
- sigmoid 569.82
  - with perforation 569.83
- skin (atrophic) (chronic) (neurogenic) (non-healing) (perforating) (pyogenic) (trophic) 707.9
  - with gangrene 707.9 [785.4]
  - amebic 006.6
  - decubitus (see also Ulcer, decubitus) 707.00
    - with gangrene 707.00 [785.4]
  - in granulocytopenia 288.09
  - lower extremity (see also Ulcer, lower extremity) 707.10
    - with gangrene 707.10 [785.4]
      - arteriosclerotic 440.24
    - ankle 707.13
    - arteriosclerotic 440.23
      - with gangrene 440.24
    - calf 707.12
    - foot 707.15
    - heel 707.14
    - knee 707.19
    - specified site NEC 707.19
    - thigh 707.11
    - toes 707.15
  - mycobacterial 031.1
  - syphilitic (early) (secondary) 091.3
  - tuberculous (primary) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.0
  - varicose - see Ulcer, varicose
- sloughing NEC - see Ulcer, skin
- soft palate 528.9
- solitary, anus or rectum (sphincter) 569.41
- sore throat 462
  - streptococcal 034.0
- spermatic cord 608.89
- spine (tuberculous) 015.0 [730.88]
- stasis (leg) (venous) 454.0
  - with varicose veins 454.0
  - without varicose veins 459.81
  - inflamed or infected 454.2
- stercoral, stercoraceous 569.82
  - with perforation 569.83
  - anus or rectum 569.41
- stoma, stomal - see Ulcer, gastrojejunal
- stomach (eroded) (peptic) (round) 531.9
  - with
    - hemorrhage 531.4
      - and perforation 531.6
    - perforation (chronic) 531.5
      - and hemorrhage 531.6
  - acute 531.3
    - with
      - hemorrhage 531.0
        and perforation 531.2
      - perforation 531.1
        and hemorrhage 531.2
  - bleeding (recurrent) - see Ulcer, stomach, with hemorrhage
  - chronic 531.7
    - with
      - hemorrhage 531.4
        and perforation 531.6
      - perforation 531.5
        and hemorrhage 531.6
  - penetrating - see Ulcer, stomach, with perforation
  - perforating - see Ulcer, stomach, with perforation
- stomatitis 528.00
- stress - see Ulcer, peptic
- strumous (tuberculous) (see also Tuberculosis) 017.2
- submental (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.8
- submucosal, bladder 595.1
- syphilitic (any site) (early) (secondary) 091.3
  - late 095.9
  - perforating 095.9
    - foot 094.0
- testis 608.89
- thigh - see Ulcer, lower extremity
- throat 478.29
  - diphtheritic 032.0
- toe - see Ulcer, lower extremity
- tongue (traumatic) 529.0
- tonsil 474.8
  - diphtheritic 032.0
- trachea 519.19
- trophic - see Ulcer, skin
- tropical NEC (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9
- tuberculous - see Tuberculosis, ulcer
- tunica vaginalis 608.89
- turbinate 730.9
- typhoid (fever) 002.0
  - perforating 002.0
- umbilicus (newborn) 771.4
- unspecified site NEC - see Ulcer, skin
- urethra (meatus) (see also Urethritis) 597.89
- uterus 621.8
  - cervix 622.0
    - with mention of cervicitis 616.0
  - neck 622.0
    - with mention of cervicitis 616.0
- vagina 616.89
- valve, heart 421.0
- varicose (lower extremity, any part) 454.0
  - anus - see Varicose, ulcer, anus
  - broad ligament 456.5
  - esophagus (see also Varix, esophagus) 456.1
    - bleeding (see also Varix, esophagus, bleeding) 456.0
  - inflamed or infected 454.2
  - nasal septum 456.8
  - perineum 456.6
  - rectum - see Varicose, ulcer, anus
  - scrotum 456.4
  - specified site NEC 456.8
  - sublingual 456.3
  - vulva 456.6
- vas deferens 608.89
- vesical (see also Ulcer, bladder) 596.8
- vulva (acute) (infectional) 616.50
  - Behçet's syndrome 136.1 [616.51]
  - herpetic 054.12
  - tuberculous 016.7 [616.51]
- vulvobuccal, recurring 616.50
- x-ray - see Ulcer, by site
- yaws 102.4
Veldt sore (see also Ulcer, skin) 707.9

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