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ICD-10-CM Code L81
Other disorders of pigmentation

NON-BILLABLE
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code L81 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the ten child codes of L81 that describes the diagnosis 'other disorders of pigmentation' in more detail.


The ICD code L81 is used to code Pigmentation disorder

Pigmentation disorders are disturbances of human skin color, either loss or reduction, which may be related to loss of melanocytes or the inability of melanocytes to produce melanin or transport melanosomes correctly.

Specialty: Dermatology
MeSH Code: D010859
ICD 9 Code: 709.01
Source: Wikipedia

Coding Notes for L81 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here."
Birthmark NOS - instead, use code Q82.5
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome - instead, use code Q85.8
Code Type-2 Excludes:
Type-2 Excludes
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here."
Nevus - see Alphabetical Index

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