L02

L02: Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

L02 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

abscess of anus and rectal regions (K61.-)
abscess of female genital organs (external) (N76.4)
abscess of male genital organs (external) (N48.2, N49.-)

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code to identify organism (B95-B96)

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 L02

9 child codes. Green means billable.

L02.0Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of face
L02.1Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of neck
L02.2Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of trunk
L02.3Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of buttock
L02.4Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limb
L02.5Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of hand
L02.6Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of foot
L02.8Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of other sites
L02.9Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle, unspecified