Diagnosis Code

L73.8 OTHER SPECIFIED FOLLICULAR DISORDERS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: L73.8

Short Description: Other specified follicular disorders

Long Description: Other specified follicular disorders

The code L73.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)
    • Disorders of skin appendages (L60-L75)
      • Other follicular disorders (L73)
        • L73.8 Other specified follicular disorders

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Abnormal keratinization of hair follicle
  • Acne with gram negative folliculitis
  • Actinic folliculitis
  • Acute folliculitis
  • Acute sycosis barbae
  • Chronic folliculitis
  • Chronic folliculitis of legs
  • Demodex folliculitis
  • Dermatosis due to follicle mite
  • Disseminate infundibulo-folliculitis
  • Follicular atrophoderma
  • Follicular atrophoderma and basal cell epitheliomata
  • Follicular hamartoma with alopecia and cystic fibrosis syndrome
  • Follicular keratosis
  • Follicular plugging
  • Folliculitis nares perforans
  • Fordyce spots of vulva
  • Gram-negative folliculitis
  • Gram-negative folliculitis
  • Haber's syndrome
  • Hair cast
  • Hair follicle nevus
  • Hamartoma of pilosebaceous apparatus
  • Hamartoma of pilosebaceous apparatus
  • Impetigo follicularis
  • Infestation by Demodex
  • Infestation by Demodex folliculorum
  • Keratosis pilaris
  • Keratosis pilaris atrophicans
  • Lupoid sycosis
  • Lupoid sycosis of beard
  • Pili multigemini
  • Propionibacterium acnes folliculitis
  • Pruritic dermatitis
  • Pruritic folliculitis of pregnancy
  • Pruritus of pregnancy
  • Scalp folliculitis
  • Scalp folliculitis
  • Sebaceous gland duct dilatation
  • Sebaceous gland hypertrophy
  • Staphylococcal folliculitis of scalp
  • Superficial folliculitis caused by bacterium
  • Superficial folliculitis caused by bacterium
  • Sycosis
  • Sycosis barbae
  • Sycosis cruris
  • Trichomalacia
  • Tufted folliculitis
  • Ulerythema of cheeks
  • Ulerythema ophryogenes

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code L73.8 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 L73.8 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Sycosis barbae

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
L73.8 Right Arrow 704.8 Hair diseases 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
L73 Other follicular disorders
L73.0 Acne keloid
L73.1 Pseudofolliculitis barbae
L73.2 Hidradenitis suppurativa
L73.9 Follicular disorder, unspecified


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