Typical lesions: deep painful nodules, abscesses, draining sinuses, scarring, etc.; Chronic or recurrent in nature. The appropriate ICD-10-CM code for this condition is L73.2 Hidradenitis suppurativa. A patient with hidradenitis suppurativa should see a dermatologist to receive a proper diagnosis and treatment.
A diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa requires the presence of: Typical lesions: deep painful nodules, abscesses, draining sinuses, scarring, etc.; Located in axillae, groin, perineal and perianal regions, buttocks, mammary folds; and Chronic or recurrent in nature.
The most common location involved with hidradenitis suppurativa is the axilla. Excision in this area is reported using: Axillary in the code descriptors refers to the sweat glands located in the armpit. A provider also may refer to this excision as a Pollock procedure.
(The diagnosis to report, and location of the hidradenitis.) PROCEDURE NOTE: With the patient in supine position and under general anesthesia, the right axilla was prepped and draped in the usual sterile fashion. A skin incision was made in the axilla to excise most of the hidradenitis tracts.
[S1 guideline for the treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa / acne inversa * (number ICD-10 L73. 2)]
L02. 31 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM L02.
CPT® Code 11450 in section: Excision of skin and subcutaneous tissue for hidradenitis, axillary.
ICD-10 code L02. 31 for Cutaneous abscess of buttock is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue .
Unspecified open wound of right buttock, initial encounter The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM S31. 819A became effective on October 1, 2021.
ICD-10 Code for Unspecified open wound of right buttock- S31. 819- Codify by AAPC.
Group 1CodeDescription10081INCISION AND DRAINAGE OF PILONIDAL CYST; COMPLICATED10140INCISION AND DRAINAGE OF HEMATOMA, SEROMA OR FLUID COLLECTION10160PUNCTURE ASPIRATION OF ABSCESS, HEMATOMA, BULLA, OR CYST10180INCISION AND DRAINAGE, COMPLEX, POSTOPERATIVE WOUND INFECTION3 more rows
CPT® Code 10180 in section: Incision and Drainage Procedures on the Skin, Subcutaneous and Accessory Structures.
For incision and drainage of a complex wound infection, use CPT 10180. You can remove the sutures/ staples from the wound or make an additional incision to work through. The wound is drained and any necrotic tissue is excised. The wound can be packed open for continuous drainage or closed with a latex drain.
9: Fever, unspecified.
The note in ICD-10 under codes B95-B97 states that 'these categories are provided for use as supplementary or additional codes to identify the infectious agent(s) in disease classified elsewhere', so you would not use B96. 81 as a primary diagnosis, but as an additional code with the disease listed first.
For example, E78. 2 Mixed hyperlipidemia cannot be coded with 5-alpha-reductase deficiency (E29. 1 Testicular hypofunction), but the note for this is not at E78.