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L12.2

L12.2: Chronic bullous disease of childhood

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L12.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic bullous disease of childhood. 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.

  • Juvenile dermatitis herpetiformis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L12.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on L12: Pemphigoid

  • herpes gestationis (O26.4-)
  • impetigo herpetiformis (L40.1)

Other codes that can never be billed with L12.2

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • L13.0Dermatitis herpetiformis

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

L12.2 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Disease, diseased›chronic bullous of childhood
  • Pemphigoid›juvenile
  • Dermatitis›herpetiformis›juvenile
  • Dermatitis›multiformis›juvenile
  • Dermatosis›herpetiformis›juvenile
  • Disease, diseased›bullous›chronic of childhood

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under L12

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.