L03.32 — Acute lymphangitis of trunk
L03.32 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute lymphangitis of trunk. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L03.32
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of L03.32, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Written on L03 — Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis
- cellulitis of anal and rectal region (K61.-)
- cellulitis of external auditory canal (H60.1)
- cellulitis of eyelid (H00.0)
- cellulitis of female external genital organs (N76.4)
- cellulitis of lacrimal apparatus (H04.3)
- cellulitis of male external genital organs (N48.2, N49.-)
- cellulitis of mouth (K12.2)
- cellulitis of nose (J34.0)
- eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells] (L98.3)
- febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet] (L98.2)
- lymphangitis (chronic) (subacute) (I89.1)
Other codes that can never be billed with L03.32
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at L03.32. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading L03.32 alone.
- I89.1Lymphangitis
Risk adjustment
L03.32 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 history
L03.32 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead L03.32
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- L03.321Acute lymphangitis of abdominal wall
- L03.322Acute lymphangitis of back [any part except buttock]
- L03.323Acute lymphangitis of chest wall
- L03.324Acute lymphangitis of groin
- L03.325Acute lymphangitis of perineum
- L03.326Acute lymphangitis of umbilicus
- L03.327Acute lymphangitis of buttock
- L03.329Acute lymphangitis of trunk, unspecified
- L03.32AAcute lymphangitis of flank
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L03.3. If L03.32 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L03.32
- Is L03.32 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L03.32 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L03.32 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).