L03.1
Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of other parts of limb
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 34 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
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
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Alongside this code 5 same parent — L03
L03.0 Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of finger and toe category L03.2 Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of face and neck category L03.3 Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of trunk category L03.8 Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of other sites category L03.9 Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis, unspecified category
Subordinate codes 2
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