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ICD-10-CM Codes
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L00-L99
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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L00-L08
Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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L02-
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.539
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02.539
Carbuncle of unspecified hand
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- L02.539 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM L02.539 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L02.539 - other international versions of ICD-10 L02.539 may differ.
The following code(s) above
L02.539 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
L02.539:
- L00-L99
2021 ICD-10-CM Range L00-L99
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissueType 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.-)
- L00-L08
2021 ICD-10-CM Range L00-L08
Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissueType 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.
- L02
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L02
Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
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)
- Carbuncle of finger
- Carbuncle of hand
- Carbuncle of thumb
- Finger carbuncle
ICD-10-CM L02.539 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 602 Cellulitis with mcc
- 603 Cellulitis without mcc
Convert L02.539 to ICD-9-CM
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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L02.539
L02.511 Cutaneous abscess of right hand
L02.512 Cutaneous abscess of left hand
L02.519 Cutaneous abscess of unspecified hand
L02.539
Carbuncle of unspecified hand
L02.6 Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of foot
L02.61 Cutaneous abscess of foot
L02.611 Cutaneous abscess of right foot
L02.612 Cutaneous abscess of left foot
L02.619 Cutaneous abscess of unspecified foot
L02.629 Furuncle of unspecified foot
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
