ICD-10-CM Codes
L00-L99 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L20-L30 Dermatitis and eczema
L20- Atopic dermatitis
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L20.8

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L20.8

Other atopic dermatitis

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

L20.8 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM L20.8 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L20.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 L20.8 may differ.

Type 2 Excludes

Type 2 Excludes Help

A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (L20.8) and the excluded code together.

circumscribed neurodermatitis (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L28.0
Lichen simplex chronicus
Applicable To
- Circumscribed neurodermatitis
- Lichen NOS
L28.0
)

The following code(s) above L20.8 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to L20.8:

L00-L99
2020 ICD-10-CM Range L00-L99
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Type 2 Excludes
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- viral warts (B07.-)
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L20-L30
2020 ICD-10-CM Range L20-L30
Dermatitis and eczema
Note
- In this block the terms dermatitis and eczema are used synonymously and interchangeably.
Type 2 Excludes
- chronic (childhood) granulomatous disease (D71)
- dermatitis gangrenosa (L08.0)
- dermatitis herpetiformis (L13.0)
- dry skin dermatitis (L85.3)
- factitial dermatitis (L98.1)
- perioral dermatitis (L71.0)
- radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)
- stasis dermatitis (I87.2)
Dermatitis and eczema

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L20.8

L12.8 Other pemphigoid

L12.9 Pemphigoid, unspecified

L13 Other bullous disorders

L13.0 Dermatitis herpetiformis

L13.1 Subcorneal pustular dermatitis

L13.8 Other specified bullous disorders

L13.9 Bullous disorder, unspecified

L14 Bullous disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

L20 Atopic dermatitis

L20.0 Besnier's prurigo

L20.8 Other atopic dermatitis

L20.81 Atopic neurodermatitis

L20.82 Flexural eczema

L20.83 Infantile (acute) (chronic) eczema

L20.84 Intrinsic (allergic) eczema

L20.89 Other atopic dermatitis

L20.9 Atopic dermatitis, unspecified

L21 Seborrheic dermatitis

L21.0 Seborrhea capitis

L21.1 Seborrheic infantile dermatitis

L21.8 Other seborrheic dermatitis

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L20.8

Other atopic dermatitis

Lichen simplex chronicus

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Dermatitis and eczema