Pilonidal cyst with abscess
Billable / specific
L05.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Pilonidal abscess
- Pilonidal dimple with abscess
- Postanal dimple with abscess
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- congenital sacral dimple (Q82.6)
- parasacral dimple (Q82.6)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from L05)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from L05)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from L05)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from L05)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from L05)
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8) (from L05)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from L05)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from L05)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from L05)
- viral warts (B07.-) (from L05)
- hordeolum (H00.0) (from L05)
- infective dermatitis (L30.3) (from L05)
- local infections of skin classified in Chapter 1 (from L05)
- lupus panniculitis (L93.2) (from L05)
- panniculitis NOS (M79.3) (from L05)
- panniculitis of neck and back (M54.0-) (from L05)
- Perlèche NOS (K13.0) (from L05)
- Perlèche due to candidiasis (B37.0) (from L05)
- Perlèche due to riboflavin deficiency (E53.0) (from L05)
- pyogenic granuloma (L98.0) (from L05)
- relapsing panniculitis [Weber-Christian] (M35.6) (from L05)
- viral warts (B07.-) (from L05)
- zoster (B02.-) (from L05)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Pilonidal abscess
- Pilonidal dimple with abscess
- Postanal dimple with abscess
- Abscess, pilonidal
- Cyst, pilonidal, with abscess
Parent code
- L05.0Pilonidal cyst and sinus with abscessHeader
Related codes
- L05.02Pilonidal sinus with abscessBillable