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ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes 700.* : Corns and callosities. Corns and calluses are caused by pressure or friction on your skin. They often appear on feet where the bony parts of your feet rub against your shoes. Corns usually appear on the tops or sides of toes while calluses form on the soles of feet.
Start at the root of ICD-9-CM, check the 2012 ICD-9-CM Index or use the search engine at the top of this page to lookup any code. Free, official information about 2012 (and also 2013-2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 700, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion.
Corns and calluses are common skin lesions in which there is a localised area of hard, thickened skin. A corn (clavus, heloma) is inflamed and painful. A ‘soft corn’ (heloma molle) is a corn where the surface skin is damp and peeling, for example between toes that are squashed together.
24 lip 2020 · A corn, also known as a "clavus," "heloma," or "focal intractable plantar hyperkeratosis," is a type of callosity. Corns are uncomfortable, thickened skin lesions that result from repeated mechanical trauma due to friction or pressure forces.
ICD-9 Coding: Avoid Tough Callus and Corn Coding. Keep the jargon straight for common foot conditions. For dermatologists treating the skin of a patient's foot, one of the most commonly coded diagnoses is corns (and calluses).
The ICD code L84 is used to code Callus. A callus (or callosity) is a toughened area of skin which has become relatively thick and hard in response to repeated friction, pressure, or other irritation. Rubbing that is too frequent or forceful will cause blisters rather than allow calluses to form.
Corns and callosities. L84-. Corns and calluses are caused by pressure or friction on your skin. They often appear on feet where the bony parts of your feet rub against your shoes. Corns usually appear on the tops or sides of toes while calluses form on the soles of feet.
