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L98 - Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classified

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

L98 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 11 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

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 (11)

L98.0Pyogenic granuloma→L98.1Factitial dermatitis→L98.2Febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet]→L98.3Eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells]→L98.4Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classified→L98.5Mucinosis of the skin→L98.6Other infiltrative disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue→L98.7Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue→L98.8Other specified disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue→L98.9Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified→L98.ANon-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classified→

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