L60.5

L60.5: Yellow nail syndrome

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L60.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for yellow nail syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L60.5

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on L60: Nail disorders

clubbing of nails (R68.3)
onychia and paronychia (L03.0-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

L60.5 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies: 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A52998Billing and Coding: Surgical Treatment of Nails
A57193Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care and Debridement of Nails
A57666Billing and Coding: Surgical Treatment of Nails
A57954Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Syndrome›yellow nail
Yellow›nail syndrome

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.