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L01.0

L01.0: Impetigo

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

L01.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for impetigo. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Impetigo contagiosa
  • Impetigo vulgaris

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L01.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on L01: Impetigo

  • impetigo herpetiformis (L40.1)

Other codes that can never be billed with L01.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • L00Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
  • L10Pemphigus

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead L01.0

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under L01

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.