L92.1

L92.1: Necrobiosis lipoidica, not elsewhere classified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L92.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for necrobiosis lipoidica, not elsewhere classified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check L92.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

necrobiosis lipoidica associated with diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .620)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L92.1

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

Written on L92: Granulomatous disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue

actinic granuloma (L57.5)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

L92.1 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Necrobiosis›lipoidica NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.