04/25/2017

Billing for Paronychia

I have always used 681.11 for paronychia and if a patient had a cellulitis or other type of infection I have used 681.10 681.11, besides coming up as cellulitis, it also is "acute lymphangitis" which seem odd to me . . . . There doesn’t seem to be a specific code for "paronychia" anymore. Is that correct? If a patient had an infected toe that is cellulitic (infected) and has nothing to do with an ingrown toenail, what code(s) are used please?

With ICD-10 paronychia is not specified as a separate diagnosis code, as it was with ICD-9. Under the current coding system, paronychia is reported with the same diagnosis code as cellulitis, which would be reported with the following codes:

• L03.031: Cellulitis of the right toe
• L03.032 Cellulitis of the left toe