L98.8
L98.8: Other specified disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L98.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check L98.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
L98.8 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55909Billing and Coding: Wound Care
- A56766Billing and Coding: Incision and Drainage (I&D) of Abscess of Skin, Subcutaneous and Accessory Structures
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Fistula(cutaneous)
- Lymphocytoma, benign cutis
- Malibu disease
- Rhytidosis facialis
- Degeneration, degenerative›cutis
- Degeneration, degenerative›skin
- Dermatosis›menstrual NEC
- Dysplasia›skin
- Dystrophy, dystrophia›skin NEC
- Fistula›skin
- Spiegler-Fendt›benign lymphocytoma
- Degeneration, degenerative›skin›colloid
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
- L98.6Other infiltrative disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L98.7Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L98.9Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified