L03.32A — Acute lymphangitis of flank
L03.32A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acute lymphangitis of flank. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
L03.32A 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.
Medicare coverage
L03.32A is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies — 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
- A55909Billing and Coding: Wound Care
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A56766Billing and Coding: Incision and Drainage (I&D) of Abscess of Skin, Subcutaneous and Accessory Structures
How L03.32A is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to L03.32A.
- Lymphangitis›acute›flank
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L03.32. If L03.32A is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- 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
Questions about L03.32A
- Is L03.32A a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. L03.32A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does L03.32A 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).