Diagnosis Code

L70.0 ACNE VULGARIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: L70.0

Short Description: Acne vulgaris

Long Description: Acne vulgaris

The code L70.0 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)
    • Disorders of skin appendages (L60-L75)
      • Acne (L70)
        • L70.0 Acne vulgaris

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acne indurata
  • Acne nodule
  • Acne vulgaris
  • Basal cell nevus with comedones
  • Closed comedone
  • Comedonal acne
  • Comedone
  • Comedone present
  • Cystic acne
  • Facial lymphedema
  • Facial lymphedema due to acne
  • Familial dyskeratotic comedones
  • Giant comedo
  • Hamartoma of pilosebaceous apparatus
  • Juvenile acne
  • Macrocomedone
  • Nodulocystic acne
  • Open comedone
  • Pustular acne
  • Superficial acne vulgaris
  • Superficial inflammatory acne vulgaris
  • Superficial mixed comedonal and inflammatory acne vulgaris

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code L70.0 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Minor Skin Disorders With Mcc (606)
  • Minor Skin Disorders Without Mcc (607)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
L70.0 Right Arrow 706.1 Acne NEC

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
L70 Acne
L70.1 Acne conglobata
L70.2 Acne varioliformis
L70.3 Acne tropica
L70.4 Infantile acne
L70.5 Acne excoriee
L70.8 Other acne
L70.9 Acne, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023