L65.9
L65.9 — Nonscarring hair loss, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L65.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for nonscarring hair loss, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Alopecia NOS
Risk adjustment
L65.9 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 L65.9 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 L65.9.
- Alopecia(hereditaria) (seborrheica)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L65. If L65.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L65.9
- Is L65.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. L65.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does L65.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Disorders of skin appendages (L60-L75).