L26
L26: Exfoliative dermatitis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L26 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for exfoliative dermatitis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check L26 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- Ritter's disease (L00)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Hebra's pityriasis
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
L26 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 9 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56587Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
- A56658Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
- A56837Billing and Coding: Reduction Mammaplasty
- A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Dermatitis›exfoliative, exfoliativa(generalized)
- Dermatosis›exfoliativa
- Hebra's›pityriasis
- Pityriasis›Hebra's
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.