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L68

Hypertrichosis

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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • L68.0 Hirsutism
  • L68.1 Acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa
  • L68.2 Localized hypertrichosis
  • L68.3 Polytrichia
  • L68.8 Other hypertrichosis
  • L68.9 Hypertrichosis, unspecified

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 Hypertrichosis

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • congenital hypertrichosis (Q84.2)
  • persistent lanugo (Q84.2)

Includes

  • excess hair

Inherited from the L60-L75 section Disorders of skin appendages (L60-L75)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • congenital malformations of integument (Q84.-)