Acquired epidermolysis bullosa

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 3 more specific codes instead:

L12.30 Acquired epidermolysis bullosa, unspecified
L12.31 Epidermolysis bullosa due to drug
L12.35 Other acquired epidermolysis bullosa

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Acquired epidermolysis bullosa

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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
L12.0	Bullous pemphigoid	Valid
L12.1	Cicatricial pemphigoid	Valid
L12.2	Chronic bullous disease of childhood	Valid
L12.8	Other pemphigoid	Valid
L12.9	Pemphigoid, unspecified	Valid