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Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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Other disorders of pigmentation
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L81.4
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L81.4
Other melanin hyperpigmentation
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- L81.4 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 L81.4 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L81.4 - other international versions of ICD-10 L81.4 may differ.
The following code(s) above
L81.4 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
L81.4:
- Lentigo
- Lentigo (brown spot on skin)
- Lentigo solaris (brown spot on skin from sun)
- Melanosis of vulva
- Senile lentigo
Clinical Information
- Small circumscribed melanoses resembling, but differing histologically from, freckles. The concept includes senile lentigo ('liver spots') and nevoid lentigo (nevus spilus, lentigo simplex) and may also occur in association with multiple congenital defects or congenital syndromes (e.g., peutz-jeghers syndrome).
ICD-10-CM L81.4 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 606 Minor skin disorders with mcc
- 607 Minor skin disorders without mcc
- 795 Normal newborn
Convert L81.4 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
Code annotations containing back-references to L81.4:
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L81.4
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
L81 Other disorders of pigmentation
L81.0 Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
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
L82.0 Inflamed seborrheic keratosis
L82.1 Other seborrheic keratosis
L84 Corns and callosities
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
