ICD-10-CM Codes
L00-L99 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L00-L08 Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L02- Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.4

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.4

Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limb

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Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

L02.4 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM L02.4 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L02.4 - other international versions of ICD-10 L02.4 may differ.

Type 2 Excludes

Type 2 Excludes Help

A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (L02.4) and the excluded code together.

Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of groin (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.214
Cutaneous abscess of groin
L02.214
,
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.224
Furuncle of groin
L02.224
,
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.234
Carbuncle of groin
L02.234
)
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of hand (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.5
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of hand
L02.5-
)
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of foot (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.6
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of foot
L02.6-
)

The following code(s) above L02.4 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to L02.4:

L00-L99
2021 ICD-10-CM Range L00-L99
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Type 2 Excludes
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- viral warts (B07.-)
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L00-L08
2021 ICD-10-CM Range L00-L08
Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Type 2 Excludes
- hordeolum (H00.0)
- infective dermatitis (L30.3)
- local infections of skin classified in Chapter 1
- lupus panniculitis (L93.2)
- panniculitis NOS (M79.3)
- panniculitis of neck and back (M54.0-)
- Perlèche NOS (K13.0)
- Perlèche due to candidiasis (B37.0)
- Perlèche due to riboflavin deficiency (E53.0)
- pyogenic granuloma (L98.0)
- relapsing panniculitis [Weber-Christian] (M35.6)
- viral warts (B07.-)
- zoster (B02.-)
Use Additional
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L02
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle
Type 2 Excludes
- abscess of anus and rectal regions (K61.-)
- abscess of female genital organs (external) (N76.4)
- abscess of male genital organs (external) (N48.2, N49.-)
Use Additional
- code to identify organism (B95-B96)
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to L02.4:

Type 2 Excludes: L02.2

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.2
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of trunk
Type 1 Excludes
- non-newborn omphalitis (L08.82)
- omphalitis of newborn (P38.-)
Type 2 Excludes
- abscess of breast (N61.1)
- abscess of buttocks (L02.3)
- abscess of female external genital organs (N76.4)
- abscess of male external genital organs (N48.2, N49.-)
- abscess of hip (L02.4)

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L02.4

L02.232 Carbuncle of back [any part, except buttock]

L02.233 Carbuncle of chest wall

L02.234 Carbuncle of groin

L02.235 Carbuncle of perineum

L02.236 Carbuncle of umbilicus

L02.239 …… unspecified

L02.3 Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of buttock

L02.31 Cutaneous abscess of buttock

L02.32 Furuncle of buttock

L02.33 Carbuncle of buttock

L02.4 Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limb

L02.41 Cutaneous abscess of limb

L02.411 Cutaneous abscess of right axilla

L02.412 Cutaneous abscess of left axilla

L02.413 Cutaneous abscess of right upper limb

L02.414 Cutaneous abscess of left upper limb

L02.415 Cutaneous abscess of right lower limb

L02.416 Cutaneous abscess of left lower limb

L02.419 …… unspecified

L02.42 Furuncle of limb

L02.421 Furuncle of right axilla

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.4

Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limb

Cutaneous abscess of groin

Furuncle of groin

Carbuncle of groin

Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of hand

Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of foot

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle

Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of trunk