ICD-10-CM Codes
L00-L99 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L80-L99 Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L81- Other disorders of pigmentation

2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L81.1

Chloasma

2016

2017

2018

2019

Billable/Specific Code

L81.1 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 L81.1 became effective on October 1, 2018.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L81.1 - other international versions of ICD-10 L81.1 may differ.

The following code(s) above L81.1 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 L81.1:

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
L81
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L81
Other disorders of pigmentation
Type 1 Excludes
- birthmark NOS (Q82.5)
- Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (Q85.8)
Type 2 Excludes
- nevus - see Alphabetical Index
Other disorders of pigmentation

Approximate Synonyms

Melasma

ICD-10-CM L81.1 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v36.0):

606 Minor skin disorders with mcc
607 Minor skin disorders without mcc
795 Normal newborn

Convert L81.1 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 L81.1:

Chloasma (skin) (idiopathic) (symptomatic) L81.1
Melasma L81.1

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L81.1

L76.31 Postprocedural hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a dermatologic procedure

L76.32 Postprocedural hematoma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following other procedure

L76.33 Postprocedural seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following a dermatologic procedure

L76.34 Postprocedural seroma of skin and subcutaneous tissue following other procedure

L76.8 Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue

L76.81 Other intraoperative complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue

L76.82 Other postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue

L80 Vitiligo

L81 Other disorders of pigmentation

L81.0 Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation

L81.1 Chloasma

L81.2 Freckles

L81.3 Café au lait spots

L81.4 Other melanin hyperpigmentation

L81.5 Leukoderma, not elsewhere classified

L81.6 Other disorders of diminished melanin formation

L81.7 Pigmented purpuric dermatosis

L81.8 Other specified disorders of pigmentation

L81.9 Disorder of pigmentation, unspecified

L82 Seborrheic keratosis

L82.0 Inflamed seborrheic keratosis

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 L81.1

Chloasma

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Other disorders of pigmentation