L28.0
L28.0: Lichen simplex chronicus
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L28.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for lichen simplex chronicus. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check L28.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Circumscribed neurodermatitis
- Lichen NOS
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
L28.0 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57113Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
- A57161Billing and Coding: Benign Skin Lesion Removal (Excludes Actinic Keratosis, and Mohs)
- A60361Billing and Coding: Allergy Diagnostic Testing
- A60375Billing and Coding: Allergy Diagnostic Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Lichen
- Lichenification
- Neurodermatitis(circumscribed) (circumscripta) (local)
- Vidal's disease
- Dermatitis›lichenified NEC
- Eczema›hypertrophicum
- Eczema›lichenified NEC
- Lichen›simplex(chronicus) (circumscriptus)
- Eruption›skin›lichenoid
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.