L01.03

L01.03: Bullous impetigo

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L01.03 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for bullous 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 neonatorum
Pemphigus neonatorum

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L01.03

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 L01.03

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.

Medicare coverage

L01.03 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

Impetigo›bullous, bullosa
Impetigo›neonatorum
Pemphigus›neonatorum

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.