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FY2027

L03.322 — Acute lymphangitis of back [any part except buttock and flank]

BillableCCRevised FY2027

Is L03.322 billable?

Yes — L03.322 is billable for FY2027. L03.322 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. L03.322 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

L03.322 at a glance

CodeL03.322
DescriptionAcute lymphangitis of back [any part except buttock and flank]
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027
FY2027 changeDescription revised in FY2027

Which MS-DRGs does L03.322 group to?

L03.322 sits in MDC 09 and helps define the logic of 3 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

  • 573Skin Graft for Skin Ulcer or Cellulitis with MCCsurgical
  • 574Skin Graft for Skin Ulcer or Cellulitis with CCsurgical
  • 575Skin Graft for Skin Ulcer or Cellulitis without CC/MCCsurgical

As a secondary diagnosis, L03.322 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.

How is L03.322 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to L03.322. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Lymphangitis › acute › back
  • Lymphangitis › acute › trunk › back

Use additional code — inherited from L00-L08

Report an additional code alongside L03.322 to fully describe the condition. L03.322 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 L03.322, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L03.322 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 L03.322, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L03.322 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.-)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from L03

The conditions below are not part of L03.322, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L03.322 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • cellulitis of anal and rectal region (K61.-)
  • cellulitis of external auditory canal (H60.1)
  • cellulitis of eyelid (H00.0)
  • cellulitis of female external genital organs (N76.4)
  • cellulitis of lacrimal apparatus (H04.3)
  • cellulitis of male external genital organs (N48.2, N49.-)
  • cellulitis of mouth (K12.2)
  • cellulitis of nose (J34.0)
  • eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells] (L98.3)
  • febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet] (L98.2)
  • lymphangitis (chronic) (subacute) (I89.1)

How long has L03.322 existed?

L03.322 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 conditions are coded to L03.322?

What other codes are in the L03.32 family? (8)