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Fournier's gangrene in a female

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rahammerl

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How should I code the diagnosis for Fournier's gangrene in a female patient? I am thinking 614.8 (Other specified inflammatory disease of female pelvic organs and tissues), but would I also code 785.4 (Gangrene: NOS, spreading cutaneous; phagedena, gangrenous cellulitis)?
 
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