ICD-10-CM Codes
L00-L99
L80-L99
L98-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L98.1

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L98.1

Factitial dermatitis

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Billable/Specific Code

L98.1 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 L98.1 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L98.1 - other international versions of ICD-10 L98.1 may differ.

Applicable To

Neurotic excoriation

Type 1 Excludes

Type 1 Excludes Help

A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as L98.1. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F42.4
Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder
Type 1 Excludes
- factitial dermatitis (L98.1)
- other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in early childhood and adolescence (F98.8)
F42.4
)

The following code(s) above L98.1 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 L98.1:

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

Approximate Synonyms

Dermatitis factitia
Excoriation (skin picking) disorder
Repetitive self-excoriation

ICD-10-CM L98.1 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

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

Convert L98.1 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
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 L98.1:

Type 1 Excludes: F42.4
, L29

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F42.4
Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder
Type 1 Excludes
- factitial dermatitis (L98.1)
- other specified behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in early childhood and adolescence (F98.8)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L29
Pruritus
Type 1 Excludes
- neurotic excoriation (L98.1)
- psychogenic pruritus (F45.8)
Type 2 Excludes: F68.1

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F68.1
Factitious disorder imposed on self
Applicable To
- Compensation neurosis
- Elaboration of physical symptoms for psychological reasons
- Hospital hopper syndrome
- Münchausen's syndrome
- Peregrinating patient
Type 2 Excludes
- factitial dermatitis (L98.1)
- person feigning illness (with obvious motivation) (Z76.5)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to L98.1:

Dermatitis (eczematous) L30.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L30.9
Dermatitis, unspecified
Applicable To
Eczema NOS
- artefacta L98.1
- facta, factitia, factitial L98.1
Dermatosis L98.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L98.9
Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified
- factitial L98.1
Eruption
- skin (nonspecific) R21
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R21
  Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  Includes
  rash NOS
  Type 1 Excludes
  specified type of rash- code to condition
  vesicular eruption (R23.8)
  - feigned L98.1
Excoriation (traumatic) - see also Abrasion
- neurotic L98.1
Neurosis, neurotic F48.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code F48.9
Nonpsychotic mental disorder, unspecified
Applicable To
Neurosis NOS
- excoriation L98.1

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L98.1

L97.921 …… limited to breakdown of skin

L97.922 …… with fat layer exposed

L97.923 …… with necrosis of muscle

L97.924 …… with necrosis of bone

L97.925 …… with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis

L97.926 …… with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis

L97.928 …… with other specified severity

L97.929 …… with unspecified severity

L98 Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classified

L98.0 Pyogenic granuloma

L98.1 Factitial dermatitis

L98.2 Febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet]

L98.3 Eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells]

L98.4 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classified

L98.41 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of buttock

L98.411 …… limited to breakdown of skin

L98.412 …… with fat layer exposed

L98.413 …… with necrosis of muscle

L98.414 …… with necrosis of bone

L98.415 …… with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis

L98.416 …… with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis

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

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L98.1

Factitial dermatitis

Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Excoriation (skin-picking) disorder

Pruritus

Factitious disorder imposed on self

Dermatitis, unspecified

Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified

Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption

Nonpsychotic mental disorder, unspecified