L01.02

L01.02: Bockhart's impetigo

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L01.02 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for bockhart's impetigo. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

Impetigo follicularis
Perifolliculitis NOS
Superficial pustular perifolliculitis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L01.02

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on L01: Impetigo

impetigo herpetiformis (L40.1)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

L01.02 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56459Billing and Coding: Debridement Services

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Bockhart's impetigo
Perifolliculitis
Folliculitis›pustular
Impetigo›Bockhart's
Impetigo›follicularis
Perifolliculitis›superficial pustular

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.