L03.129 ICD-10-CM Code: Acute lymphangitis of unspecified part of limb
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)
MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), Appendix B.
- MS-DRG 573 — SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITH MCC (MDC 09)
- MS-DRG 574 — SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITH CC (MDC 09)
- MS-DRG 575 — SKIN GRAFT FOR SKIN ULCER OR CELLULITIS WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC 09)
- MS-DRG 602 — CELLULITIS WITH MCC (MDC 09)
- MS-DRG 603 — CELLULITIS WITHOUT MCC (MDC 09)
- MS-DRG 791 — PREMATURITY WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS (MDC 15)
- MS-DRG 793 — FULL TERM NEONATE WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS (MDC 15)
A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.
Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for L03.129 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Excludes2 — Not Included Here
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
- acute lymphangitis of fingers (L03.2-)
- acute lymphangitis of toes (L03.04-)
- acute lymphangitis of groin (L03.324)
- 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
- febrile neutrophilic dermatosis Sweet
- lymphangitis (chronic) (subacute) (I89.1)
- 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
- viral warts (B07.-)
- zoster (B02.-)
Use Additional Code
Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.
- Use additional code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to L03.129 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- L03.122 — Acute lymphangitis of left axilla
- L03.123 — Acute lymphangitis of right upper limb
- L03.124 — Acute lymphangitis of left upper limb
- L03.125 — Acute lymphangitis of right lower limb
- L03.126 — Acute lymphangitis of left lower limb
- L03.2 — Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of face and neck
- L03.21 — Cellulitis and acute lymphangitis of face
- L03.211 — Cellulitis of face
- L03.212 — Acute lymphangitis of face
- L03.213 — Periorbital cellulitis