L00 — Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
Is L00 billable?
Yes — L00 is billable for FY2027. L00 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. L00 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
L00 at a glance
| Code | L00 |
|---|---|
| Description | Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does L00 group to?
L00 sits in MDC 09 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 595Major Skin Disorders with MCCmedical
- 596Major Skin Disorders without MCCmedical
How is L00 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to L00. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Ritter's disease
- Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
- Dermatitis › Ritter's (eczematous)
- Disease, diseased › Ritter's
- Syndrome › staphylococcal scalded skin
- Dermatitis › exfoliative, exfoliativa › neonatorum (eczematous)
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with L00 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Use additional code
Report an additional code alongside L00 to fully describe the condition. L00 is sequenced first.
- code to identify percentage of skin exfoliation (L49.-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to L00.
- Ritter's disease
Use additional code — inherited from L00-L08
Report an additional code alongside L00 to fully describe the condition. L00 is sequenced first.
- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 12
The conditions below are not part of L00, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L00 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- viral warts (B07.-)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from L00-L08
The conditions below are not part of L00, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L00 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- hordeolum (H00.0)
- infective dermatitis (L30.3)
- local infections of skin classified in Chapter 1
- lupus panniculitis (L93.2)
- panniculitis NOS (M79.3)
- panniculitis of neck and back (M54.0-)
- Perlèche NOS (K13.0)
- Perlèche due to candidiasis (B37.0)
- Perlèche due to riboflavin deficiency (E53.0)
- pyogenic granuloma (L98.0)
- relapsing panniculitis [Weber-Christian] (M35.6)
- viral warts (B07.-)
- zoster (B02.-)
How long has L00 existed?
L00 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
Which codes are confused with L00?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with L00 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.