B43.2
Subcutaneous pheomycotic abscess and cyst
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 7 never code together
B35-B49block
A00-B99chapter
Excludes1
- certain localized infections - see body system-related chapters
Excludes2
- carrier or suspected carrier of infectious disease (Z22.-)Z22.-
- infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O98.-)O98.-
- infectious and parasitic diseases specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)P35-P39
- influenza and other acute respiratory infections (J00-J22)J00-J22
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 2
Index entries leading here 4
- Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
- subcutaneous — see also Abscess, by site
- pheomycotic (chromomycotic) B43.2
- subcutaneous — see also Abscess, by site
- Chromomycosis B43.9
- subcutaneous abscess or cyst B43.2
- Cyst (colloid) (mucous) (simple) (retention)
- subcutaneous, pheomycotic (chromomycotic) B43.2
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
Alongside this code 4 same parent — B43
Additional references
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