L02

Non-Billable
ChapterL00–L99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • •Chapter 12: Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (L00-L99).

CH12 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
  • viral warts (B07.-)

L00-L08 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here)
  • hordeolum (H00.0)
  • infective dermatitis (L30.3)
  • local infections of skin classified in Chapter 1
  • lupus panniculitis (L93.2)
  • panniculitis NOS (M79.3)
  • panniculitis of neck and back (M54.0-)
  • Perlèche NOS (K13.0)
  • Perlèche due to candidiasis (B37.0)
  • Perlèche due to riboflavin deficiency (E53.0)
  • pyogenic granuloma (L98.0)
  • relapsing panniculitis [Weber-Christian] (M35.6)
  • viral warts (B07.-)
  • zoster (B02.-)
Use Additional Code
  • code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.

Instructional Notes

Excludes2(Not included here)
  • abscess of anus and rectal regions (K61.-)
  • abscess of female genital organs (external) (N76.4)
  • abscess of male genital organs (external) (N48.2, N49.-)
Use Additional Code
  • code to identify organism (B95-B96)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH12Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
L00-L08Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L08)
L02Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle
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
L02.6Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of foot
L02.8Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of other sites
L02.9Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle, unspecified

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to L02:

blockL00-L08
Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L08)
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chapterCH12
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to L02. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

25 raw paths
Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic)25 unique routes
Direct index entry→L02
abdomen, abdominal
wall→L02
axilla (region)→L02
back (any part, except buttock and flank)→L02
buttock→L02
cervical (meaning neck)→L02
cheek (external)→L02
chest
wall→L02
chin→L02
face (any part, except ear, eye and nose)→L02
finger (any)
flank→L02
foot→L02
forehead→L02
gluteal (region)→L02
groin→L02
hand→L02
head NEC→L02(2 variants)
face (any part, except ear, eye and nose)→L02
iliac (region)→L02
inguinal (region)→L02
loin (region)→L02
lower limb→L02
lumbar (tuberculous)
nontuberculous→L02
mons pubis→L02
navel→L02

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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