Foreign body granuloma of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Foreign body granuloma of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

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 L92 Granulomatous disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Excludes2 - not included here

actinic granuloma (L57.5)

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.

Emesis
Retching
Myofasciitis
Granuloma > talc
Regurgitation > food
Münchmeyer's syndrome
Calcification > massive
Foreign body > granuloma
Polymyositis > ossificans
Reaction > foreign > body NEC
Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
Regurgitation > gastric contents
Myositis > foreign body granuloma
Ossification > muscle > paralytic
Ossification > muscle > traumatic
Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
Calcification > muscle > paralytic
Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
Ossification > muscle > progressive
Ossification > muscle > due to burns
Calcification > muscle > due to burns
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
Disease, diseased > muscle > inflammatory
Disease, diseased > fascia NEC > inflammatory
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > fascia
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > muscle
Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
Granuloma > silica
Granuloma > beryllium
Foreign body > granuloma > skin
Granuloma > foreign body NEC > skin
Granuloma > skin > from residual foreign body
Granuloma > abdomen > from residual foreign body
Granuloma > foreign body NEC > subcutaneous tissue

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
L92.0	Granuloma annulare	Valid
L92.1	Necrobiosis lipoidica, not elsewhere classified	Valid
L92.2	Granuloma faciale [eosinophilic granuloma of skin]	Valid
L92.8	Other granulomatous disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue	Valid
L92.9	Granulomatous disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified	Valid