L02.411 Cutaneous abscess of right axilla

Instructional Notes:

L02.411
Description: Cutaneous abscess of right axilla
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L02.41
Description: Cutaneous abscess of limb
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L02.4
Description: Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limb
Exclude2:
- Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of groin (L02.214, L02.224, L02.234)
- Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of hand (L02.5-)
- Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of foot (L02.6-)
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L02
Description: Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle
Exclude2:
- 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)
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L00-L08
Description: Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L08)
Exclude2:
- 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.
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L00-L99
Description: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Exclude2:
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- viral warts (B07.-)