L85
L85 — Other epidermal thickening
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L85 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other epidermal thickening. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- hypertrophic disorders of the skin (L91.-)
Other codes that can never be billed with L85
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at L85. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading L85 alone.
- R23.4Changes in skin texture
Risk adjustment
L85 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.
Code to one of these instead L85
6 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about L85
- Is L85 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L85 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L85 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).