L02.3
Header — not billableCutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of buttock
The ICD-10 code for cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of buttock is L02.3.
L02.3 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- pilonidal cyst with abscess (L05.01)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under L02.3
Related codes in this category
- L02.0Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of facenon-billable header
- L02.1Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of necknon-billable header
- L02.2Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of trunknon-billable header
- L02.4Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limbnon-billable header
- L02.5Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of handnon-billable header
- L02.6Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of footnon-billable header
- L02.8Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of other sitesnon-billable header
- L02.9Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle, unspecifiednon-billable header
- L02.3Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of buttocknon-billable header