L49.2
L49.2 — Exfoliation due to erythematous condition involving 20-29 percent of body surface
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L49.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for exfoliation due to erythematous condition involving 20-29 percent of body surface. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
L49.2 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 L49.2 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 L49.2.
- Exfoliation›due to erythematous conditions according to extent of body surface involved›20-29 percent of body surface
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L49. If L49.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- L49.0Exfoliation due to erythematous condition involving less than 10 percent of body surface
- L49.1Exfoliation due to erythematous condition involving 10-19 percent of body surface
- L49.3Exfoliation due to erythematous condition involving 30-39 percent of body surface
- L49.4Exfoliation due to erythematous condition involving 40-49 percent of body surface
- L49.5Exfoliation due to erythematous condition involving 50-59 percent of body surface
- L49.6Exfoliation due to erythematous condition involving 60-69 percent of body surface
- L49.7Exfoliation due to erythematous condition involving 70-79 percent of body surface
- L49.8Exfoliation due to erythematous condition involving 80-89 percent of body surface
- L49.9Exfoliation due to erythematous condition involving 90 or more percent of body surface
Questions about L49.2
- Is L49.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. L49.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does L49.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Urticaria and erythema (L49-L54).