Q82.1

Q82.1: Xeroderma pigmentosum

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q82.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for xeroderma pigmentosum. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q82.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q82.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q82: Other congenital malformations of skin

acrodermatitis enteropathica (E83.2)
congenital erythropoietic porphyria (E80.0)
pilonidal cyst or sinus (L05.-)
Sturge-Weber (-Dimitri) syndrome (Q85.89)

Other codes that can never be billed with Q82.1

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

E79Disorders of purine and pyrimidine metabolism

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

Q82.1 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
A57482Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Epitheliomatosis pigmented
Atrophoderma, atrophodermia›pigmentosum
Kaposi's›dermatosis(xeroderma pigmentosum)
Melanosis›lenticularis progressiva
Xeroderma›pigmentosum

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.