AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1984 November - December

Degloving Injury

Degloving injury is coded to open wound of the specified site. The most common sites are in the upper extremity (codes 880-884) and in the lower extremity (codes 890-894). A degloving injury is a peeling away of the skin and subcutaneous tissue from the fascia. An example may be a mangling of the skin as might occur when a car runs over a limb or when a limb is caught in a piece of farm machinery. The tearing may be complete or incomplete. In the complete type, the skin and tissue are completely torn off or hanging by only...

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