2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L90.0

Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  • L90.0 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 L90.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L90.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 L90.0 may differ.
Type 2 Excludes
Type 2 Excludes Help
A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (L90.0) and the excluded code together.
  • lichen sclerosus of external female genital organs (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N90.4

    Leukoplakia of vulva

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Female Dx
    Applicable To
    • Dystrophy of vulva
    • Kraurosis of vulva
    • Lichen sclerosus of external female genital organs
    N90.4
    )
  • lichen sclerosus of external male genital organs (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N48.0

    Leukoplakia of penis

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Male Dx
    Applicable To
    • Balanitis xerotica obliterans
    • Kraurosis of penis
    • Lichen sclerosus of external male genital organs
    Type 1 Excludes
    • carcinoma in situ of penis (D07.4)
    N48.0
    )
The following code(s) above L90.0 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
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  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
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that may be applicable to L90.0:
  • L00-L99
    2023 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
Clinical Information
  • A chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease usually affecting the female genitalia (vulvar lichen sclerosus) and balanitis xerotica obliterans in males. It is also called white spot disease and csillag's disease.
  • A chronic inflammatory process affecting the skin. It is characterized by the presence of white, indurated plaques, epidermal atrophy, and fibrosis of the upper dermis. It usually appears in the vulva and penis.
ICD-10-CM L90.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 606 Minor skin disorders with mcc
  • 607 Minor skin disorders without mcc

Convert L90.0 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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to L90.0:

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L90.0
L89.899 …… unspecified stage
L89.9 Pressure ulcer of unspecified site
L89.90 …… unspecified stage
L89.91 …… stage 1
L89.92 …… stage 2
L89.93 …… stage 3
L89.94 …… stage 4
L89.95 …… unstageable
L89.96 Pressure-induced deep tissue damage of unspecified site
L90 Atrophic disorders of skin
L90.0 Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus
L90.1 Anetoderma of Schweninger-Buzzi
L90.2 Anetoderma of Jadassohn-Pellizzari
L90.3 Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini
L90.4 Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans
L90.5 Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin
L90.6 Striae atrophicae
L90.8 Other atrophic disorders of skin
L90.9 Atrophic disorder of skin, unspecified
L91 Hypertrophic disorders of skin
L91.0 Hypertrophic scar

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