Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of finger and toe

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

L03.01 Cellulitis of finger (also a header)
L03.02 Acute lymphangitis of finger (also a header)
L03.03 Cellulitis of toe (also a header)
L03.04 Acute lymphangitis of toe (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of finger and toe

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 L03 Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis

Excludes2 - not included here

cellulitis of anal and rectal region (K61.-)
cellulitis of external auditory canal (H60.1)
cellulitis of eyelid (H00.0)
cellulitis of female external genital organs (N76.4)
cellulitis of lacrimal apparatus (H04.3)
cellulitis of male external genital organs (N48.2, N49.-)
cellulitis of mouth (K12.2)
cellulitis of nose (J34.0)
eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells] (L98.3)
febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet] (L98.2)
lymphangitis (chronic) (subacute) (I89.1)

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.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
L03.1	Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of other parts of limb	Not billable
L03.2	Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of face and neck	Not billable
L03.3	Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of trunk	Not billable
L03.8	Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of other sites	Not billable
L03.9	Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis, unspecified	Not billable