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L94.0

L94.0: Localized scleroderma [morphea]

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L94.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for localized scleroderma [morphea]. 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.

  • Circumscribed scleroderma

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L94.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on L94: Other localized connective tissue disorders

  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)

Other codes that can never be billed with L94.0

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

  • M34Systemic sclerosis [scleroderma]

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

L94.0 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
  • A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy
  • A56346Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign and Malignant Skin Lesions
  • A57484Billing and Coding: Vitamin D Assay Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Morphea
  • Addison's›keloid
  • Dermatosclerosis›localized
  • Keloid, cheloid›Addison's
  • Scleroderma, sclerodermia›circumscribed
  • Scleroderma, sclerodermia›localized

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under L94

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.