2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

L03 Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis

  • Non-billable
  • 2016–2025

L03 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis.

Type 2 excludes

  • 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)

Codes

Versions

  1. 2025

    No changes

  2. 2024

    No changes

  3. 2023

    No changes

  4. 2022

    No changes

  5. 2021

    No changes

  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    No changes

  8. 2018

    No changes

  9. 2017

    No changes

  10. 2016

    New code