L02.81Cutaneous abscess of other sites

L02.81 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for cutaneous abscess of other sites. 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 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within L02.8, choose L02.81 (Cutaneous abscess of other sites) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: furuncle of other sites (L02.82) and carbuncle of other sites (L02.83).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: L02.811 (face]) and L02.818 (sites).

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.