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L10.8

Other pemphigus

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other pemphigus

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from L10 Pemphigus

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • pemphigus neonatorum (L01.03)

Inherited from the L10-L14 section Bullous disorders (L10-L14)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • benign familial pemphigus [Hailey-Hailey] (Q82.8)
  • staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (L00)
  • toxic epidermal necrolysis [Lyell] (L51.2)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
L10.0 Pemphigus vulgaris Valid
L10.1 Pemphigus vegetans Valid
L10.2 Pemphigus foliaceous Valid
L10.3 Brazilian pemphigus [fogo selvagem] Valid
L10.4 Pemphigus erythematosus Valid
L10.5 Drug-induced pemphigus Valid
L10.9 Pemphigus, unspecified Valid