L98.9
L98.9: Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L98.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check L98.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
L98.9 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57689Billing and Coding: Lab: Flow Cytometry
- A58774Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
- A59299Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Dermatosis
- Disease, diseased›cellular tissue
- Disease, diseased›skin
- Disorder›skin
- Lesion›skin
- Sore›skin
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
- L98.8Other specified disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue