2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 729.4
Fasciitis, unspecified
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 729.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 729.4 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
729.4 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M72.9 Fibroblastic disorder, unspecified
Clinical Information
- An inflammation of the fibrous tissue called fascia
- Inflammation of fascia
- Inflammation of the fascia. There are three major types: 1, eosinophilic fasciitis, an inflammatory reaction with eosinophilia, producing hard thickened skin with an orange-peel configuration suggestive of scleroderma and considered by some a variant of scleroderma; 2, necrotizing fasciitis (fasciitis, necrotizing), a serious fulminating infection (usually by a beta hemolytic streptococcus) causing extensive necrosis of superficial fascia; 3, nodular/pseudosarcomatous /proliferative fasciitis, characterized by a rapid growth of fibroblasts with mononuclear inflammatory cells and proliferating capillaries in soft tissue, often the forearm; it is not malignant but is sometimes mistaken for fibrosarcoma
- Inflammation process in fascia
729.4 Excludes
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eosinophilic 
traumatic (old) NEC 
