L87.2 — Elastosis perforans serpiginosa
L87.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for elastosis perforans serpiginosa. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
L87.2 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
L87.2 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies — 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
- A57161Billing and Coding: Benign Skin Lesion Removal (Excludes Actinic Keratosis, and Mohs)
- A57482Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
- A57954Billing and Coding: Routine Foot Care
How L87.2 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 L87.2.
- Miescher's elastoma
- Elastoma›Miescher's
- Elastosis›perforans serpiginosa
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L87. If L87.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L87.2
- Is L87.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. L87.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does L87.2 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).