Is L81.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. L81.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does L81.7 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99).

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.

Inclusion terms

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

Angioma serpiginosum

Other codes that can never be billed with L81.7

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at L81.7. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading L81.7 alone.

L95Vasculitis limited to skin, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

L81.7 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 L81.7 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 L81.7.

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

Related codes at this level

Codes that share L81. If L81.7 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about L81.7

Is L81.7 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. L81.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does L81.7 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99).