L02.21
L02.21 — Cutaneous abscess of trunk
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L02.21 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cutaneous abscess of trunk. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
L02.21 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.
Code to one of these instead L02.21
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- L02.211Cutaneous abscess of abdominal wall
- L02.212Cutaneous abscess of back [any part, except buttock and flank]
- L02.213Cutaneous abscess of chest wall
- L02.214Cutaneous abscess of groin
- L02.215Cutaneous abscess of perineum
- L02.216Cutaneous abscess of umbilicus
- L02.217Cutaneous abscess of flank
- L02.219Cutaneous abscess of trunk, unspecified
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L02.2. If L02.21 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L02.21
- Is L02.21 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L02.21 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L02.21 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).