L03.11Cellulitis of other parts of limb

L03.11 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for cellulitis of other parts of limb. It belongs to category L03 (cellulitis and acute lymphangitis), 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 7 subcodes must be used instead.

Within L03.1, choose L03.11 (Cellulitis of other parts of limb) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: acute lymphangitis of other parts of limb (L03.12).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: L03.111 (axilla), L03.112 (axilla), L03.113 (limb), L03.114 (limb), L03.115 (limb), L03.116 (limb) and L03.119 (limb).

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of L03.11, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: cellulitis of fingers (L03.01-), cellulitis of toes (L03.03-) and groin (L03.314).

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