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L81.0
Billable

Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation

Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Billable Code

L81.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

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discoloration of skin
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Skin Discoloration

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Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Excludes1

2 items

From L81:

  • birthmark NOS (Q82.5)
  • Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (Q85.89)

Excludes2

11 items

From L00-L99:

  • 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.-)

From L81:

  • nevus - see Alphabetical Index
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