L02.232

L02.232: Carbuncle of back [any part, except buttock and flank]

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L02.232 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for carbuncle of back [any part, except buttock and flank]. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check L02.232 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L02.232

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on L02.2: Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of trunk

non-newborn omphalitis (L08.82)
omphalitis of newborn (P38.-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L02.232

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on L02.2: Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of trunk

abscess of breast (N61.1)
abscess of buttocks (L02.31)
abscess of female external genital organs (N76.4)
abscess of male external genital organs (N48.2, N49.-)
abscess of hip (L02.4)

Written on L02: Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle

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

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

L02.232 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56766Billing and Coding: Incision and Drainage (I&D) of Abscess of Skin, Subcutaneous and Accessory Structures
A57206Billing and Coding: Lumbar MRI

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Carbuncle›back(any part except buttock and flank)
Carbuncle›trunk›back

Code history

revisedFY2024-FY2027
Carbuncle of back [any part, except buttock] → Carbuncle of back [any part, except buttock and flank]