L73.8
L73.8: Other specified follicular disorders
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L73.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified follicular disorders. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check L73.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Sycosis barbae
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
L73.8 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A58565Billing and Coding: Wound and Ulcer Care
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Sycosis
- Sycosis›barbae(not parasitic)
- Sycosis›lupoides
- Sycosis›vulgaris
- Ulerythema›sycosiforme
- Disorder›follicular›specified NEC
- Disease, diseased›hair›follicles›specified NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.