ICD-10-CM Chapter 12
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Chapter 12 of the 2016 edition of the ICD-10-CM contains ICD codes that cover diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, in the code range L00-L99.
Code Range | Section Description |
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L00-L08 | Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue |
L10-L14 | Bullous disorders |
L20-L30 | Dermatitis and eczema |
L40-L45 | Papulosquamous disorders |
L49-L54 | Urticaria and erythema |
L55-L59 | Radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue |
L60-L75 | Disorders of skin appendages |
L76 | Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue |
L80-L99 | Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue |
Coding Notes for Chapter 12
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Chapter 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." - Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period - instead, use Section P04-P96
- Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - instead, use Section A00-B99
- Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - instead, use Section O00-O9A
- Congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities - instead, use Section Q00-Q99
- Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases - instead, use Section E00-E88
- Lipomelanotic reticulosis - instead, use code I89.8
- Neoplasms - instead, use Section C00-D49
- Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified - instead, use Section R00-R94
- Systemic connective tissue disorders - instead, use Section M30-M36
- Viral warts - instead, use code B07.-