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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L20.81
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L20.81
Atopic neurodermatitis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
- L20.81 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM L20.81 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L20.81 - other international versions of ICD-10 L20.81 may differ.
The following code(s) above
L20.81 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
L20.81:
- L00-L99
2023 ICD-10-CM Range L00-L99
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissueType 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.-)
- L20-L30
2023 ICD-10-CM Range L20-L30
Dermatitis and eczemaNote- 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)
- L20.8
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L20.8
Other atopic dermatitis
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Type 2 Excludes- circumscribed neurodermatitis (L28.0)
- A chronic inflammatory genetically determined disease of the skin marked by increased ability to form reagin (ige), with increased susceptibility to allergic rhinitis and asthma, and hereditary disposition to a lowered threshold for pruritus. It is manifested by lichenification, excoriation, and crusting, mainly on the flexural surfaces of the elbow and knee. In infants it is known as infantile eczema.
- Chronic inflammatory skin disorder in individuals with a hereditary predisposition to a lowered threshold to pruritus; characterized by extreme itching, leading to scratching and rubbing that result in typical lesions of eczema.
ICD-10-CM L20.81 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
- 606 Minor skin disorders with mcc
- 607 Minor skin disorders without mcc
Convert L20.81 to ICD-9-CM
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
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- Neurodermatitis (circumscribed) (circumscripta) (local) L28.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L28.0
Lichen simplex chronicus
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
Applicable To- Circumscribed neurodermatitis
- Lichen NOS
- atopic L20.81
- diffuse L20.81 (Brocq)
- disseminated L20.81
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L20.81
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
L20.8 Other atopic dermatitis
L20.81
Atopic neurodermatitis
L20.83 Infantile (acute) (chronic) eczema
L20.84 Intrinsic (allergic) eczema
L20.89 Other atopic dermatitis
L20.9 Atopic dermatitis, unspecified
L21 Seborrheic dermatitis
L21.1 Seborrheic infantile dermatitis
L21.8 Other seborrheic dermatitis
L21.9 Seborrheic dermatitis, unspecified
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
