L98.6
L98.6: Other infiltrative disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L98.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other infiltrative disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check L98.6 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- hyalinosis cutis et mucosae (E78.89)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
L98.6 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
- Infiltrate, infiltration›skin(lymphocytic)
- Disorder›skin›infiltrative NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under L98
- L98.0Pyogenic granuloma
- L98.1Factitial dermatitis
- L98.2Febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet]
- L98.3Eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells]
- L98.4Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classified
- L98.ANon-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classified
- L98.5Mucinosis of the skin
- L98.7Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L98.8Other specified disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L98.9Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified