L03.12
Acute lymphangitis of other parts of limb
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 37 never code together
L03code
Excludes2
- cellulitis of anal and rectal region (K61.-)K61.-
- cellulitis of external auditory canal (H60.1)H60.1
- cellulitis of eyelid (H00.0)H00.0
- cellulitis of female external genital organs (N76.4)N76.4
- cellulitis of lacrimal apparatus (H04.3)H04.3
- cellulitis of male external genital organs (N48.2, N49.-)N48.2N49.-
- cellulitis of mouth (K12.2)K12.2
- cellulitis of nose (J34.0)J34.0
- eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells] (L98.3)L98.3
- febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet] (L98.2)L98.2
- lymphangitis (chronic) (subacute) (I89.1)I89.1
L03.12code
L00-L08block
Excludes2
- hordeolum (H00.0)H00.0
- infective dermatitis (L30.3)L30.3
- local infections of skin classified in Chapter 1
- lupus panniculitis (L93.2)L93.2
- panniculitis NOS (M79.3)M79.3
- panniculitis of neck and back (M54.0-)M54.0-
- Perlèche NOS (K13.0)K13.0
- Perlèche due to candidiasis (B37.0)B37.0
- Perlèche due to riboflavin deficiency (E53.0)E53.0
- pyogenic granuloma (L98.0)L98.0
- relapsing panniculitis [Weber-Christian] (M35.6)M35.6
- viral warts (B07.-)B07.-
- zoster (B02.-)B02.-
L00-L99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)I89.8
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)M30-M36
- viral warts (B07.-)B07.-
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 1
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 1 same parent — L03.1
Subordinate codes 7
L03.121 Acute lymphangitis of right axilla L03.122 Acute lymphangitis of left axilla L03.123 Acute lymphangitis of right upper limb L03.124 Acute lymphangitis of left upper limb L03.125 Acute lymphangitis of right lower limb L03.126 Acute lymphangitis of left lower limb L03.129 Acute lymphangitis of unspecified part of limb
Additional references
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