Is L01.01 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. L01.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does L01.01 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L08).

What cannot be coded together with L01.01?

L01.01 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above L01.01 (L01) and apply to it just the same.

L01.01

L01.01 — Non-bullous impetigo

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L01.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for non-bullous impetigo. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L01.01

These are not written on L01.01, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing L01.01 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on L01 — Impetigo

impetigo herpetiformis (L40.1)

Risk adjustment

L01.01 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

L01.01 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A56459Billing and Coding: Debridement Services

How L01.01 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to L01.01.

Impetigo›nonbullous

Code history

L01.01 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share L01.0. If L01.01 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about L01.01

Is L01.01 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. L01.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does L01.01 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L08).
What cannot be coded together with L01.01?: L01.01 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above L01.01 (L01) and apply to it just the same.