Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle
Non-billable header
L02 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- 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.-)
- 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.-)
- abscess of anus and rectal regions (K61.-)
- abscess of female genital organs (external) (N76.4)
- abscess of male genital organs (external) (N48.2, N49.-)
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Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
More specific codes L02
- L02.0Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of faceHeader
- L02.1Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of neckHeader
- L02.2Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of trunkHeader
- L02.3Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of buttockHeader
- L02.4Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limbHeader
- L02.5Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of handHeader
- L02.6Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of footHeader
- L02.8Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of other sitesHeader
- L02.9Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle, unspecifiedHeader