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L81 - Other disorders of pigmentation

ICD-10-CM Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue · L80-L99 Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

L81 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 10 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom L81

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • birthmark NOS (Q82.5)
  • Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (Q85.89)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom L81

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • nevus - see Alphabetical Index
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter L00-L99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • 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.-)

More Specific Codes (10)

L81.0Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation→L81.1Chloasma→L81.2Freckles→L81.3Cafe au lait spots→L81.4Other melanin hyperpigmentation→L81.5Leukoderma, not elsewhere classified→L81.6Other disorders of diminished melanin formation→L81.7Pigmented purpuric dermatosis→L81.8Other specified disorders of pigmentation→L81.9Disorder of pigmentation, unspecified→

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