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L81

Other disorders of pigmentation

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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • L81.0 Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
  • L81.1 Chloasma
  • L81.2 Freckles
  • L81.3 Cafe au lait spots
  • L81.4 Other melanin hyperpigmentation
  • L81.5 Leukoderma, not elsewhere classified
  • L81.6 Other disorders of diminished melanin formation
  • L81.7 Pigmented purpuric dermatosis
  • L81.8 Other specified disorders of pigmentation
  • L81.9 Disorder of pigmentation, 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 Other disorders of pigmentation

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

  • birthmark NOS (Q82.5)
  • Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (Q85.89)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • nevus - see Alphabetical Index