2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L92.9

Granulomatous disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  • L92.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • Short description: Granulomatous disorder of the skin, subcu, unsp
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM L92.9 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L92.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 L92.9 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 (L92.9) and the excluded code together.
  • umbilical granuloma (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P83.81

    Umbilical granuloma

      2018 - New Code 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Code on Newborn Record POA Exempt
    Type 2 Excludes
    • Granulomatous disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified (L92.9)
    P83.81
    )
The following code(s) above L92.9 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 L92.9:
  • 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
  • L92
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L92

    Granulomatous disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 2 Excludes
    • actinic granuloma (L57.5)
    Granulomatous disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue
Approximate Synonyms
  • Abnormal granulation tissue
  • Granuloma
ICD-10-CM L92.9 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 606 Minor skin disorders with mcc
  • 607 Minor skin disorders without mcc

Convert L92.9 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
  • 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
Code annotations containing back-references to L92.9:
  • Type 2 Excludes: P83.81
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P83.81

    Umbilical granuloma

      2018 - New Code 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Code on Newborn Record POA Exempt
    Type 2 Excludes
    • Granulomatous disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified (L92.9)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to L92.9:

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L92.9
L91 Hypertrophic disorders of skin
L91.0 Hypertrophic scar
L91.8 Other hypertrophic disorders of the skin
L91.9 Hypertrophic disorder of the skin, unspecified
L92 Granulomatous disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue
L92.0 Granuloma annulare
L92.1 Necrobiosis lipoidica, not elsewhere classified
L92.2 Granuloma faciale [eosinophilic granuloma of skin]
L92.3 Foreign body granuloma of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L92.8 Other granulomatous disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L92.9 Granulomatous disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified
L93 Lupus erythematosus
L93.0 Discoid lupus erythematosus
L93.1 Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
L93.2 Other local lupus erythematosus
L94 Other localized connective tissue disorders
L94.0 Localized scleroderma [morphea]
L94.1 Linear scleroderma
L94.2 Calcinosis cutis
L94.3 Sclerodactyly
L94.4 Gottron's papules

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