L81.7

L81.7: Pigmented purpuric dermatosis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L81.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for pigmented purpuric dermatosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

Angioma serpiginosum

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L81.7

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on L81: Other disorders of pigmentation

birthmark NOS (Q82.5)
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (Q85.89)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L81.7

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

Written on L81: Other disorders of pigmentation

nevus - see Alphabetical Index

Other codes that can never be billed with L81.7

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

L95Vasculitis limited to skin, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Gougerot-Blum syndrome(pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis)
Gougerot's syndrome(trisymptomatic)
Schamberg's disease(progressive pigmentary dermatosis)
Angioma›serpiginosum
Dermatitis›Schamberg's
Dermatosis›purpuric, pigmented
Majocchi's›disease
Purpura›annularis telangiectodes
Purpura›telangiectasia annularis
Syndrome›Gougerot-Blum
Dermatosis›pigmentary›progressive
Dermatosis›pigmentary›Schamberg's

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under L81