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L02.416
Billable

Cutaneous abscess of left lower limb

Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Billable Code

L02.416 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

View documentation for left thigh abscess
left thigh abscess
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Cutaneous abscess of left lower limb

View documentation for methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Excludes2

16 items

From L00-L99:

  • 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.-)

From L02:

  • abscess of anus and rectal regions (K61.-)
  • abscess of female genital organs (external) (N76.4)
  • abscess of male genital organs (external) (N48.2, N49.-)

From L02.4:

  • Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of groin (L02.214, L02.224, L02.234)
  • Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of hand (L02.5-)
  • Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of foot (L02.6-)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From L02:

  • code to identify organism (B95-B96)
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