L02.9Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle, unspecified

L02.9 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle, unspecified. 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, choose L02.9 (unspecified) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: of face (L02.0), of neck (L02.1), of trunk (L02.2), of buttock (L02.3), of limb (L02.4), of hand (L02.5), of foot (L02.6) and of other sites (L02.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: L02.91 (unspecified), L02.92 (unspecified) and L02.93 (unspecified).

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.