Gas gangrene
ICD-10 Code
A48.0
Gas gangrene
Definition
A severe condition resulting from bacteria invading healthy muscle from adjacent traumatized muscle or soft tissue. The infection originates in a wound contaminated with bacteria of the genus clostridium. C. perfringens accounts for the majority of cases (over eighty percent), while C. noyvi, C. septicum, and C. histolyticum cause most of the other cases.
Also known as gas gangrene, myonecrosis — per MONDO