L03.9
L03.9: Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis, unspecified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L03.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cellulitis and acute lymphangitis, unspecified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L03.9
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
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 L03.9
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- I89.1Lymphangitis
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 L03.9
2 child codes. Green means billable.