`L02.32` Furuncle of buttock

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

Boil of buttock
Folliculitis of buttock
Furuncle of gluteal region

Applies from L02 Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle

Excludes2 (not included here)

abscess of anus and rectal regions (K61.-)
abscess of female genital organs (external) (N76.4)
abscess of male genital organs (external) (N48.2, N49.-)

Use additional code

code to identify organism (B95-B96)

Applies from L02.3 Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of buttock

Excludes1 (never code together)

pilonidal cyst with abscess (L05.01)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 602-603 in MDC 09.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

680.5 Carbuncle and furuncle of buttock (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to L02.32

Back-references to L02.3

Type 2 Excludes: L02.2 Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of trunk ("abscess of buttocks (L02.3)")

Back-references to L02

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)")
Use Additional: T65.84 Toxic effect of xylazine ("cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle (L02.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for L02.32

Furuncle › buttock
Furuncle › gluteal (region)
Furuncle › partes posteriores

Nearby codes

L02.235 Carbuncle of perineum
L02.236 Carbuncle of umbilicus
L02.239 Carbuncle of trunk, unspecified
L02.3 Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of buttock
L02.31 Cutaneous abscess of buttock
L02.32 Furuncle of buttock (this code)
L02.33 Carbuncle of buttock
L02.4 Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limb
L02.41 Cutaneous abscess of limb
L02.411 Cutaneous abscess of right axilla
L02.412 Cutaneous abscess of left axilla