L13.0

L13.0: Dermatitis herpetiformis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L13.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for dermatitis herpetiformis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check L13.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

juvenile dermatitis herpetiformis (L12.2)
senile dermatitis herpetiformis (L12.0)

Inclusion terms

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

Duhring's disease
Hydroa herpetiformis

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

L13.0 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
A59101Billing and Coding: Off-label Use of Rituximab and Rituximab Biosimilars

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Brocq-Duhring disease(dermatitis herpetiformis)
Duhring's disease(dermatitis herpetiformis)
Dermatitis›herpetiformis(bullous) (erythematous) (pustular) (vesicular)
Dermatitis›multiformis
Dermatitis›neurotica
Dermatitis›polymorpha dolorosa
Dermatitis›pruriginosa
Dermatitis›trophoneurotica
Dermatosis›herpetiformis
Disease, diseased›Brocq-Duhring(dermatitis herpetiformis)
Disease, diseased›Duhring's(dermatitis herpetiformis)
Pemphigus›circinatus

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.