Is L82.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. L82.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does L82.1 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).

L82.1

L82.1 — Other seborrheic keratosis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L82.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other seborrheic keratosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

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

Seborrheic keratosis NOS

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L82.1

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of L82.1, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on L82 — Seborrheic keratosis

seborrheic dermatitis (L21.-)

Risk adjustment

L82.1 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.

Medicare coverage

L82.1 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies — 9 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A56346Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign and Malignant Skin Lesions
A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
A57113Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
A57113Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions

How L82.1 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 L82.1.

Leser-Trélat disease
Acanthosis›seborrheic
Dermatosis›papulosa nigra
Keratosis›seborrheic
Papilloma›basal cell
Senile, senility›wart
Verruca›seborrheica
Verruca›senile(seborrheic)
Wart›seborrheic
Wart›senile(seborrheic)

Code history

L82.1 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share L82. If L82.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

L82.0Inflamed seborrheic keratosis

Questions about L82.1

Is L82.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. L82.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does L82.1 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).