L81.8
L81.8: Other specified disorders of pigmentation
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L81.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified disorders of pigmentation. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check L81.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Iron pigmentation
- Tattoo pigmentation
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L81.8
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L81.8
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
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
L81.8 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56658Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
- A58774Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
- A59299Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Arsenical pigmentation
- Tattoo(mark)
- Mark›tattoo
- Metal›pigmentation
- Pigmentation›iron
- Pigmentation›metals
- Pigmentation›tattoo
- Disorder›pigmentation›iron
- Disorder›pigmentation›specified NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.