L02.6

L02.6: Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of foot

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

L02.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of foot. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L02.6

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

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.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead L02.6

3 child codes. Green means billable.

L02.61Cutaneous abscess of foot
L02.62Furuncle of foot
L02.63Carbuncle of foot

Other codes under L02

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
L02.8Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of other sites
L02.9Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle, unspecified