L02.62 Furuncle of foot

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Boil of foot
• Folliculitis of foot

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)

Codes under L02.62

• L02.621 Furuncle of right foot
• L02.622 Furuncle of left foot
• L02.629 Furuncle of unspecified foot

Code annotations containing back-references to L02.62

Back-references to L02.6

• Type 2 Excludes: L02.4 Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of limb ("Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of foot (L02.6-)")

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 L02.62

• Furuncle › foot

Nearby codes

• L02.6 Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of foot
• L02.61 Cutaneous abscess of foot
• L02.611 Cutaneous abscess of right foot
• L02.612 Cutaneous abscess of left foot
• L02.619 Cutaneous abscess of unspecified foot
• L02.62 Furuncle of foot (this code)
• L02.621 Furuncle of right foot
• L02.622 Furuncle of left foot
• L02.629 Furuncle of unspecified foot
• L02.63 Carbuncle of foot
• L02.631 Carbuncle of right foot