ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L60-L75 › L68 Hypertrichosis › L68.8
Other hypertrichosis
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 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.
Inherited from L68 Hypertrichosis
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.-)
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.
- Districhiasis
- Hypertrichosis > specified NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| L68.0 | Hirsutism | Valid |
| L68.1 | Acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa | Valid |
| L68.2 | Localized hypertrichosis | Valid |
| L68.3 | Polytrichia | Valid |
| L68.9 | Hypertrichosis, unspecified | Valid |