ICD-10-CM Codes
L00-L99 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L60-L75 Disorders of skin appendages
L67- Hair color and hair shaft abnormalities

2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L67.9

Hair color and hair shaft abnormality, unspecified

2016

2017

2018

2019

Billable/Specific Code

L67.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM L67.9 became effective on October 1, 2018.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L67.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 L67.9 may differ.

The following code(s) above L67.9 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 L67.9:

L00-L99
2019 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
2019 ICD-10-CM Range L60-L75
Disorders of skin appendages
Type 1 Excludes
- congenital malformations of integument (Q84.-)
Disorders of skin appendages
L67
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L67
Hair color and hair shaft abnormalities
Type 1 Excludes
- monilethrix (Q84.1)
- pili annulati (Q84.1)
- telogen effluvium (L65.0)
Hair color and hair shaft abnormalities

Approximate Synonyms

Abnormal hair
Disorder of hair
Hair disease

ICD-10-CM L67.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v36.0):

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

Convert L67.9 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to L67.9:

Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
- hair (color) (shaft) L67.9
Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- hair (color) (shaft) L67.9

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L67.9

L66.1 Lichen planopilaris

L66.2 Folliculitis decalvans

L66.3 Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens

L66.4 Folliculitis ulerythematosa reticulata

L66.8 Other cicatricial alopecia

L66.9 Cicatricial alopecia, unspecified

L67 Hair color and hair shaft abnormalities

L67.0 Trichorrhexis nodosa

L67.1 Variations in hair color

L67.8 Other hair color and hair shaft abnormalities

L67.9 Hair color and hair shaft abnormality, unspecified

L68 Hypertrichosis

L68.0 Hirsutism

L68.1 Acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa

L68.2 Localized hypertrichosis

L68.3 Polytrichia

L68.8 Other hypertrichosis

L68.9 Hypertrichosis, unspecified

L70 Acne

L70.0 Acne vulgaris

L70.1 Acne conglobata

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

2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L67.9

Hair color and hair shaft abnormality, unspecified

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Disorders of skin appendages

Hair color and hair shaft abnormalities