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ICD-10-CM Revised in FY 2027

L03.312

Cellulitis of back [any part except buttock and flank]

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where L03.312 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. L03 Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis
  2. L03.3 Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of trunk
  3. L03.31 Parent Cellulitis of trunk
  4. L03.312 This code Cellulitis of back [any part except buttock and flank]

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Excludes2

cellulitis of anal and rectal regions ( K61 .-)

Inherited from L03.31 — Cellulitis of trunk

Excludes2

cellulitis of anal and rectal region ( K61 .-)

Inherited from L03 — Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis

Excludes2

cellulitis of breast NOS ( N61.0 )

Inherited from L03.31 — Cellulitis of trunk

Excludes2

cellulitis of external auditory canal ( H60.1 )

Inherited from L03 — Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis

Excludes2

cellulitis of female external genital organs ( N76.4 )

Inherited from L03.31 — Cellulitis of trunk

Excludes2

cellulitis of eyelid ( H00.0 )

Inherited from L03 — Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis

Excludes2

cellulitis of male external genital organs ( N48.2 , N49 .-)

Inherited from L03.31 — Cellulitis of trunk

Excludes2

omphalitis of newborn ( P38 .-)

Inherited from L03.31 — Cellulitis of trunk

Excludes2

cellulitis of lacrimal apparatus ( H04.3 )

Inherited from L03 — Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis

Excludes2

puerperal cellulitis of breast ( O91.2 )

Inherited from L03.31 — Cellulitis of trunk

Excludes2

cellulitis of mouth ( K12.2 )

Inherited from L03 — Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis

Excludes2

cellulitis of nose ( J34.0 )

Inherited from L03 — Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis

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eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells] ( L98.3 )

Inherited from L03 — Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis

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febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet] ( L98.2 )

Inherited from L03 — Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis

Excludes2

lymphangitis (chronic) (subacute) ( I89.1 )

Inherited from L03 — Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis

Version History

How L03.312 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Revised
    Previous description
    Cellulitis of back [any part except buttock]
    Description in this release
    Cellulitis of back [any part except buttock and flank]

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Cellulitis of back [any part except buttock]

Related Codes

Other codes under L03.31

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

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