Bullous pemphigoid

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Bullous pemphigoid

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 L12 Pemphigoid

Excludes1 - never coded here

herpes gestationis (O26.4-)
impetigo herpetiformis (L40.1)

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)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Herpesvirus
Erythroderma
Febris, febrile
Fever > herpetic
Human > herpesvirus
Disorder > erythematous
Fever > viral hemorrhagic
Syndrome > acquired immunodeficiency
Virus, viral > human immunodeficiency
Syndrome > immunodeficiency > acquired
Infection, infected, infective > herpes
Disease, diseased > Castleman > HHV-8-associated
Infection, infected, infective > herpesvirus, herpesviral
Pemphigoid > bullous
Dermatitis > herpetiformis > senile
Erythema, erythematous > multiforme > pemphigoides
Herpes, herpesvirus, herpetic > circinatus > bullosus

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
L12.1	Cicatricial pemphigoid	Valid
L12.2	Chronic bullous disease of childhood	Valid
L12.3	Acquired epidermolysis bullosa	Not billable
L12.8	Other pemphigoid	Valid
L12.9	Pemphigoid, unspecified	Valid