L02.4Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limb

L02.4 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limb. It belongs to category L02 (cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle), block L00-L08 (infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue) and chapter 12 (diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within L02 (cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle), L02.4 is specifically for cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limb. Related codes cover of face (L02.0), of neck (L02.1), of trunk (L02.2), of buttock (L02.3), of hand (L02.5), of foot (L02.6), of other sites (L02.8) and unspecified (L02.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: L02.41 (limb), L02.42 (limb) and L02.43 (limb).

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of L02.4, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of groin (L02.214, L02.224, L02.234), Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of hand (L02.5-) and Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of foot (L02.6-).

Use an additional code to identify organism (B95-B96).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.