L00
L00: Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L00 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check L00 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code to identify percentage of skin exfoliation (L49.-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Ritter's disease
Other codes that can never be billed with L00
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Ritter's disease
- Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
- Dermatitis›Ritter's(exfoliativa)
- Disease, diseased›Ritter's
- Syndrome›staphylococcal scalded skin
- Dermatitis›exfoliative, exfoliativa›neonatorum
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.