Cutaneous abscess of other sites
Billable / specific
L02.818 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from L02)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from L02)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from L02)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from L02)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from L02)
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8) (from L02)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from L02)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from L02)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from L02)
- viral warts (B07.-) (from L02)
- hordeolum (H00.0) (from L02)
- infective dermatitis (L30.3) (from L02)
- local infections of skin classified in Chapter 1 (from L02)
- lupus panniculitis (L93.2) (from L02)
- panniculitis NOS (M79.3) (from L02)
- panniculitis of neck and back (M54.0-) (from L02)
- Perlèche NOS (K13.0) (from L02)
- Perlèche due to candidiasis (B37.0) (from L02)
- Perlèche due to riboflavin deficiency (E53.0) (from L02)
- pyogenic granuloma (L98.0) (from L02)
- relapsing panniculitis [Weber-Christian] (M35.6) (from L02)
- viral warts (B07.-) (from L02)
- zoster (B02.-) (from L02)
- abscess of anus and rectal regions (K61.-) (from L02)
- abscess of female genital organs (external) (N76.4) (from L02)
- abscess of male genital organs (external) (N48.2, N49.-) (from L02)
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Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Abscess, specified site NEC
Parent code
- L02.81Cutaneous abscess of other sitesHeader
Related codes
- L02.811Cutaneous abscess of head [any part, except face]Billable