ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L00-L08 › L02.21 Cutaneous abscess of trunk › L02.215
Cutaneous abscess of perineum
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Cutaneous abscess of perineum
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from L02 Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle
Excludes2 - not included here
- abscess of anus and rectal regions (K61.-)
- abscess of female genital organs (external) (N76.4)
- abscess of male genital organs (external) (N48.2, N49.-)
Use additional code
- code to identify organism (B95-B96)
Inherited from the L00-L08 section Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L08)
Excludes2 - not included here
- hordeolum (H00.0)
- infective dermatitis (L30.3)
- local infections of skin classified in Chapter 1
- lupus panniculitis (L93.2)
- panniculitis NOS (M79.3)
- panniculitis of neck and back (M54.0-)
- Perlèche NOS (K13.0)
- Perlèche due to candidiasis (B37.0)
- Perlèche due to riboflavin deficiency (E53.0)
- pyogenic granuloma (L98.0)
- relapsing panniculitis [Weber-Christian] (M35.6)
- viral warts (B07.-)
- zoster (B02.-)
Use additional code
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Carbunculus
- Abscess > mons pubis
- Abscess > trunk > perineum
- Abscess > perineum, perineal
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| L02.211 | Cutaneous abscess of abdominal wall | Valid |
| L02.212 | Cutaneous abscess of back [any part, except buttock and flank] | Valid |
| L02.213 | Cutaneous abscess of chest wall | Valid |
| L02.214 | Cutaneous abscess of groin | Valid |
| L02.216 | Cutaneous abscess of umbilicus | Valid |
| L02.217 | Cutaneous abscess of flank | Valid |
| L02.219 | Cutaneous abscess of trunk, unspecified | Valid |