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L01.09

L01.09: Other impetigo

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L01.09 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other 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.

  • Ulcerative impetigo

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L01.09

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.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Impetigo›specified type NEC
  • Impetigo›ulcerative

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under L01.0

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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