L01.0

Impetigo

Non-billable header

L01.0 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Impetigo contagiosa
  • Impetigo vulgaris

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • impetigo herpetiformis (L40.1) (from L01)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from L01)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from L01)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from L01)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from L01)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from L01)
  • lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8) (from L01)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from L01)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from L01)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from L01)
  • viral warts (B07.-) (from L01)
  • hordeolum (H00.0) (from L01)
  • infective dermatitis (L30.3) (from L01)
  • local infections of skin classified in Chapter 1 (from L01)
  • lupus panniculitis (L93.2) (from L01)
  • panniculitis NOS (M79.3) (from L01)
  • panniculitis of neck and back (M54.0-) (from L01)
  • Perlèche NOS (K13.0) (from L01)
  • Perlèche due to candidiasis (B37.0) (from L01)
  • Perlèche due to riboflavin deficiency (E53.0) (from L01)
  • pyogenic granuloma (L98.0) (from L01)
  • relapsing panniculitis [Weber-Christian] (M35.6) (from L01)
  • viral warts (B07.-) (from L01)
  • zoster (B02.-) (from L01)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent. (from L01)

Also known as

  • Impetigo contagiosa
  • Impetigo vulgaris

Parent code

  • L01ImpetigoHeader

More specific codes L01.0

  • L01.00Impetigo, unspecifiedBillable
  • L01.01Non-bullous impetigoBillable
  • L01.02Bockhart's impetigoBillable
  • L01.03Bullous impetigoBillable
  • L01.09Other impetigoBillable

Related codes

  • L01.1Impetiginization of other dermatosesBillable

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