ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L60-L75 › L72 Follicular cysts of skin and... › L72.0
Epidermal cyst
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 Epidermal cyst
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.
- Lump
- Retained
- Implantation > dermoid
- Milium
- Cyst > inclusion
- Cyst > epithelial
- Cyst > skin > inclusion
- Cyst > skin > epithelial
- Cyst > epidermal, epidermoid
- Cyst > skin > epidermal, epidermoid
- Cyst > implantation > external area or site NEC
- Implantation > cyst > external area or site NEC
- Cyst > dermoid > implantation > external area or site NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| L72.1 | Pilar and trichodermal cyst | Not billable |
| L72.2 | Steatocystoma multiplex | Valid |
| L72.3 | Sebaceous cyst | Valid |
| L72.8 | Other follicular cysts of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | Valid |
| L72.9 | Follicular cyst of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified | Valid |