ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L00-L08 › L04 Acute lymphadenitis › L04.2
Acute lymphadenitis of upper limb
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 Acute lymphadenitis of upper limb
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 L04 Acute lymphadenitis
Excludes1 - never coded here
- chronic or subacute lymphadenitis, except mesenteric (I88.1)
- enlarged lymph nodes (R59.-)
- human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease resulting in generalized lymphadenopathy (B20)
- lymphadenitis NOS (I88.9)
- nonspecific mesenteric lymphadenitis (I88.0)
Includes
- abscess (acute) of lymph nodes, except mesenteric
- acute lymphadenitis, except mesenteric
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.
- Adenitis
- Carbunculus
- Polyadenitis
- Bubo > suppurating
- Lymphadenitis > septic
- Lymphadenitis > purulent
- Lymphadenitis > pyogenic
- Lymphadenitis > infective
- Abscess > gland, glandular
- Lymphadenitis > suppurative
- Necrosis, necrotic > lymphatic gland
- Abscess > lymph, lymphatic, gland or node
- Infection, infected, infective > lymph gland
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > gland
- Adenitis > lymph gland or node, except mesenteric > acute
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > lymph gland or node
- Adenitis > axillary > acute
- Lymphadenitis > acute > axilla
- Lymphadenitis > acute > shoulder
- Lymphadenitis > acute > limb > upper
- Abscess > axilla > lymph gland or node
- Infection, infected, infective > axillary gland
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| L04.0 | Acute lymphadenitis of face, head and neck | Valid |
| L04.1 | Acute lymphadenitis of trunk | Valid |
| L04.3 | Acute lymphadenitis of lower limb | Valid |
| L04.8 | Acute lymphadenitis of other sites | Valid |
| L04.9 | Acute lymphadenitis, unspecified | Valid |