L83

L83: Acanthosis nigricans

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L83 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for acanthosis nigricans. 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.

Confluent and reticulated papillomatosis

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

L83 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56346Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign and Malignant Skin Lesions
A56394Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy-Diagnostic
A57342Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Colonoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Acanthosis(acquired) (nigricans)
Gougerot-Carteaud disease or syndrome(confluent reticulate papillomatosis)
Keratosis›nigricans
Papillomatosis›confluent and reticulated

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.