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Warts coding utilizing ICD-10

January 10, 2023 by Vivek

Correct warts coding in ICD-10

Warts are benign (not cancerous) skin growths that appear when a virus infects the top layer of the skin. Viruses that cause warts are called human papillomavirus (HPV). You are more likely to get one of these viruses if you cut or damage your skin in some way. Wart viruses are contagious. Warts can spread by contact with the wart or something that touched the wart.
Warts are often skin-colored and feel rough, but they can be dark (brown or gray-black), flat, and smooth.


Clinical categories of warts include:

? Common warts also known as Verruca vulgaris: This is a raised wart with roughened surface, most common on hands, but can grow anywhere on the body. These warts are rough and firm to the touch. A circular or dome shape is typical.

? Plantar warts also known as Verruca plantaris: A hard, sometimes painful lump, often with multiple black specks in the center; usually only found on pressure points on the soles of the feet, given the constant pressure of walking on them.

? Flat warts also known as Verruca plana: A small, smooth flattened wart, flesh-colored, which can occur in large numbers; most common on the face, neck, hands, wrists and knees. Commonly seen in children, rarely found in adults.
? Filiform warts : These warts are long, narrow, cone-shaped warts that usually grow on your neck, eyelids, and lips. These warts tend to be fleshy in color.
? Periungual warts: These warts grow exclusively in the nail region of your fingers and toes, sometimes even underneath the nail itself. They?re rough, irregular shaped warts that quickly become problematic because they can affect the growth of your nails. In extreme cases, they can uproot the nail altogether.

? Venereal warts also known as Condyloma acuminatum, Verruca acuminate or genital warts: A wart that occurs on the genitalia. These warts are extremely contagious and are spread through sexual contact.

? Tuberculosis warts also known as Lupus verrucosus, Prosector?s wart, Warty tuberculosis: A rash of small, red nodules in the skin that may appear 2-4 weeks after inoculation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a previously infected and immunocompetent individual.
Code categories include:
B07.0
? Plantar wart
? Verruca plantaris
B07.8
? Other viral warts
? Common wart
? Flat wart
? Verruca plana
B07.9
? Viral wart, unspecified
A63.0
? Anogenital (venereal) warts
A18.4
? Tuberculosis of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Contagious Skin Diseases

 

 

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