L60.0

L60.0: Ingrowing nail

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L60.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for ingrowing nail. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check L60.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L60.0

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

Written on L60: Nail disorders

clubbing of nails (R68.3)
onychia and paronychia (L03.0-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

L60.0 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52998Billing and Coding: Surgical Treatment of Nails
A56640Billing and Coding: Debridement of Mycotic Nails
A57666Billing and Coding: Surgical Treatment of Nails
A57759Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care and Debridement of Nails

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Acronyx
Onychocryptosis
Onyxis(finger) (toe)
Unguis incarnatus
Ingrowing›nail(finger) (toe)
Infection, infected, infective›nail›ingrowing

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.