ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L80-L99 › L93 Lupus erythematosus › L93.0
Discoid lupus erythematosus
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 Discoid lupus erythematosus
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 L93 Lupus erythematosus
Excludes1 - never coded here
- lupus exedens (A18.4)
- lupus vulgaris (A18.4)
- scleroderma (M34.-)
- systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.-)
Use additional code
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
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.
- Biett's disease
- Lupus > discoid
- Lupus > erythematosus
- Lupus > nontuberculous, not disseminated
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| L93.1 | Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus | Valid |
| L93.2 | Other local lupus erythematosus | Valid |