ICD-10-CM Codes
L00-L99 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L60-L75 Disorders of skin appendages
L63- Alopecia areata
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L63.8

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L63.8

Other alopecia areata

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Billable/Specific Code

L63.8 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM L63.8 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L63.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 L63.8 may differ.

The following code(s) above L63.8 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 L63.8:

L00-L99
2021 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
L60-L75
2021 ICD-10-CM Range L60-L75
Disorders of skin appendages
Type 1 Excludes
- congenital malformations of integument (Q84.-)
Disorders of skin appendages

ICD-10-CM L63.8 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

606 Minor skin disorders with mcc
607 Minor skin disorders without mcc

Convert L63.8 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to L63.8:

Alopecia (hereditaria) (seborrheica) L65.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L65.9
Nonscarring hair loss, unspecified
Applicable To
Alopecia NOS
- areata L63.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L63.9
  Alopecia areata, unspecified
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
  - specified NEC L63.8

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L63.8

L60.3 Nail dystrophy

L60.4 Beau's lines

L60.5 Yellow nail syndrome

L60.8 Other nail disorders

L60.9 Nail disorder, unspecified

L62 Nail disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

L63 Alopecia areata

L63.0 Alopecia (capitis) totalis

L63.1 Alopecia universalis

L63.2 Ophiasis

L63.8 Other alopecia areata

L63.9 Alopecia areata, unspecified

L64 Androgenic alopecia

L64.0 Drug-induced androgenic alopecia

L64.8 Other androgenic alopecia

L64.9 Androgenic alopecia, unspecified

L65 Other nonscarring hair loss

L65.0 Telogen effluvium

L65.1 Anagen effluvium

L65.2 Alopecia mucinosa

L65.8 Other specified nonscarring hair loss

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

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L63.8

Other alopecia areata

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Disorders of skin appendages

Nonscarring hair loss, unspecified

Alopecia areata, unspecified