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E88.13

E88.13: Localized lipodystrophy

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E88.13 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for localized lipodystrophy. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Injection lipodystrophy
  • Insulin lipodystrophy

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E88.13

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E88.1: Lipodystrophy, not elsewhere classified

Written on E88: Other and unspecified metabolic disorders

  • histiocytosis X (chronic) (C96.6)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

E88.13 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A57326Billing and Coding: Electrocardiograms
  • A59299Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Lipodystrophy›injection
  • Lipodystrophy›insulin
  • Lipodystrophy›localized

Code history

  • addedFY2024-FY2027

    Localized lipodystrophy

Other codes under E88.1

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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