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L02.227

Billable

Furuncle of flank

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A painful, pus-filled bump (furuncle) that develops on the side of the abdomen between the ribs and hip bone (flank area).

Coding Tips

  • •Distinguish between left and right flank if documentation specifies laterality, though this code does not differentiate
  • •Verify the lesion is a single furuncle; multiple connected lesions would indicate carbuncle coding

Code Hierarchy

└L02Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle└L02.2Cutaneous abscess, furuncle and carbuncle of trunk└L02.22Furuncle of trunk└L02.227Furuncle of flank
└L02.227Furuncle of flank

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