Is L57.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. L57.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does L57.8 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59).

L57.8

L57.8 — Other skin changes due to chronic exposure to nonionizing radiation

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L57.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other skin changes due to chronic exposure to nonionizing radiation. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

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

Farmer's skin
Sailor's skin
Solar dermatitis

Risk adjustment

L57.8 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.

Medicare coverage

L57.8 is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies — 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A56346Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign and Malignant Skin Lesions
A57113Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
A57113Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
A57113Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions

How L57.8 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 L57.8.

Sailors' skin
Dermatitis›actinic(due to sun)
Dermatitis›solare
Dermatitis›ultraviolet(sun) (chronic exposure)
Dermoid›due to radiation(nonionizing)
Elastosis›actinic, solar
Farmer's›skin
Milium›colloid
Photodermatitis›chronic
Weather, weathered›skin
Atrophia›cutis senilis›due to radiation
Atrophoderma, atrophodermia›senile›due to radiation(nonionizing) (solar)

Related codes at this level

Codes that share L57. If L57.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about L57.8

Is L57.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. L57.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does L57.8 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59).