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L63.1
Alopecia universalis
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 Alopecia universalis
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 the L60-L75 section Disorders of skin appendages (L60-L75)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- congenital malformations of integument (Q84.-)
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.
- Pelade
- Baldness
- Oligotrichia
- Hypotrichosis
- Atrichia, atrichosis
- Defluvium > capillorum
- Loss > hair, nonscarring
- Alopecia > universalis
- Alopecia > areata > universalis
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| L63.0 | Alopecia (capitis) totalis | Valid |
| L63.2 | Ophiasis | Valid |
| L63.8 | Other alopecia areata | Valid |
| L63.9 | Alopecia areata, unspecified | Valid |