ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L40-L45 › L43 Lichen planus › L43.8
L43.8
Other lichen planus
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Other lichen planus
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 L43 Lichen planus
Excludes1 - never coded here
- lichen planopilaris (L66.1-)
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.
- Lichen > planus > annularis
- Lichen > planus > specified NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| L43.0 | Hypertrophic lichen planus | Valid |
| L43.1 | Bullous lichen planus | Valid |
| L43.2 | Lichenoid drug reaction | Valid |
| L43.3 | Subacute (active) lichen planus | Valid |
| L43.9 | Lichen planus, unspecified | Valid |