L44.9
L44.9 — Papulosquamous disorder, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L44.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for papulosquamous disorder, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
L44.9 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How L44.9 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to L44.9.
- Disorder›papulosquamous
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L44. If L44.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L44.9
- Is L44.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. L44.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does L44.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Papulosquamous disorders (L40-L45).