L85.3

L85.3: Xerosis cutis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L85.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for xerosis cutis. 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.

Dry skin dermatitis

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L85.3

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on L85: Other epidermal thickening

hypertrophic disorders of the skin (L91.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

L85.3 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57113Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
A57450Billing and Coding: Genetic Testing for Lynch Syndrome

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Asteatosis cutis
Dermatitis›dry skin
Skin›dry
Xerosis›cutis(dry skin)
Xerosis›skin

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.