L00 Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Ritter's disease

Excludes1 (never code together)

• bullous impetigo (L01.03)
• pemphigus neonatorum (L01.03)
• toxic epidermal necrolysis [Lyell] (L51.2)

Use additional code

• code to identify percentage of skin exfoliation (L49.-)

Applies from L00 Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome

Applicable to

• Ritter's disease

Excludes1 (never code together)

• bullous impetigo (L01.03)
• pemphigus neonatorum (L01.03)
• toxic epidermal necrolysis [Lyell] (L51.2)

Use additional code

• code to identify percentage of skin exfoliation (L49.-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 595-596 in MDC 09.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 695.81 Ritter's disease (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to L00

Back-references to L00

• Type 1 Excludes: L26 Exfoliative dermatitis ("Ritter's disease (L00)")
• Code First: L49 Exfoliation due to erythematous conditions according to extent of body surface involved ("Ritter's disease (L00)")
• Code First: L49 Exfoliation due to erythematous conditions according to extent of body surface involved ("(Staphylococcal) scalded skin syndrome (L00)")
• Type 1 Excludes: L51 Erythema multiforme ("staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (L00)")
• Type 1 Excludes: L51 Erythema multiforme ("Ritter's disease (L00)")
• Type 2 Excludes: L89 Pressure ulcer ("skin infections (L00-L08)")
• Type 2 Excludes: L97 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified ("skin infections (L00-L08)")
• Type 2 Excludes: L98.4 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classified ("skin infections (L00-L08)")
• Type 2 Excludes: L98.A Non-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classified ("skin infections (L00-L08)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P39.4 Neonatal skin infection ("pemphigus neonatorum (L00)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P39.4 Neonatal skin infection ("staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (L00)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P83 Other conditions of integument specific to newborn ("staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (L00)")

Back-references to L00

• Type 1 Excludes: L26 Exfoliative dermatitis ("Ritter's disease (L00)")
• Code First: L49 Exfoliation due to erythematous conditions according to extent of body surface involved ("Ritter's disease (L00)")
• Code First: L49 Exfoliation due to erythematous conditions according to extent of body surface involved ("(Staphylococcal) scalded skin syndrome (L00)")
• Type 1 Excludes: L51 Erythema multiforme ("staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (L00)")
• Type 1 Excludes: L51 Erythema multiforme ("Ritter's disease (L00)")
• Type 2 Excludes: L89 Pressure ulcer ("skin infections (L00-L08)")
• Type 2 Excludes: L97 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified ("skin infections (L00-L08)")
• Type 2 Excludes: L98.4 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classified ("skin infections (L00-L08)")
• Type 2 Excludes: L98.A Non-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classified ("skin infections (L00-L08)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P39.4 Neonatal skin infection ("pemphigus neonatorum (L00)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P39.4 Neonatal skin infection ("staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (L00)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P83 Other conditions of integument specific to newborn ("staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (L00)")

Diagnosis Index entries for L00

• Dermatitis (eczematous) › exfoliative, exfoliativa (generalized) › neonatorum
• Dermatitis (eczematous) › Ritter's (exfoliativa)
• Disease, diseased › Ritter's
• Ritter's disease
• Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
• Syndrome › staphylococcal scalded skin

Nearby codes

• L00 Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (this code)