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Diagnosis Code

L72.12 TRICHODERMAL CYST


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: L72.12

Short Description: Trichodermal cyst

Long Description: Trichodermal cyst

The code L72.12 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)
    • Disorders of skin appendages (L60-L75)
      • Follicular cysts of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L72)
        • L72.12 Trichodermal cyst

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Congenital leukonychia
  • FLOTCH syndrome
  • Leukonychia totalis
  • Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of skin of scalp
  • Proliferating pilar cyst
  • Proliferating trichilemmal cyst of scalp
  • Trichilemmal cyst
  • Trichilemmal cyst

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code L72.12 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)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code L72.12 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Trichilemmal (proliferating) cyst

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
L72.12 Right Arrow 704.42 Trichilemmal cyst

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
L72 Follicular cysts of skin and subcutaneous tissue
L72.0 Epidermal cyst
L72.1 Pilar and trichodermal cyst
L72.11 Pilar cyst
L72.2 Steatocystoma multiplex
L72.3 Sebaceous cyst
L72.8 Other follicular cysts of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L72.9 Follicular cyst of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified

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

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