Pilar and trichodermal cyst

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 2 more specific codes instead:

L72.11 Pilar cyst
L72.12 Trichodermal cyst

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 Trichodermal cyst
FY2012 Draft description revised draft ~~Trichodermal cyst~~ Pilar and trichodermal 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.-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
L72.0	Epidermal cyst	Valid
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