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L87.1

L87.1: Reactive perforating collagenosis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L87.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for reactive perforating collagenosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check L87.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L87.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on L87: Transepidermal elimination disorders

  • granuloma annulare (perforating) (L92.0)

Other codes that can never be billed with L87.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • M35Other systemic involvement of connective tissue

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

L87.1 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A56439Billing and Coding: Blepharoplasty
  • A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
  • A57482Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Collagenosis, collagen disease›reactive perforating

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under L87

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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