Diagnosis Code

L21.8 OTHER SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: L21.8

Short Description: Other seborrheic dermatitis

Long Description: Other seborrheic dermatitis

The code L21.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)
    • Dermatitis and eczema (L20-L30)
      • Seborrheic dermatitis (L21)
        • L21.8 Other seborrheic dermatitis

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acute generalized seborrheic dermatitis
  • Acute seborrheic dermatitis
  • Diffuse dermatitis
  • Erythematosquamous dermatosis
  • Erythrodermic seborrheic dermatitis
  • Flexural seborrheic dermatitis
  • Greasy skin
  • Neonatal sebaceous gland hyperplasia
  • Parakeratosis
  • Physiological anomaly of neonatal skin
  • Pityriasiform seborrheic dermatitis
  • Post-encephalitic seborrhea
  • Sebaceous hyperplasia
  • Sebaceous hyperplasia
  • Sebaceous hyperplasia
  • Seborrhea adiposa
  • Seborrhea corporis
  • Seborrhea faciei
  • Seborrhea nasi
  • Senile sebaceous gland hyperplasia

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code L21.8 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)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
L21.8 Right Arrow 690.18 Sebrrheic dermatitis 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
L21 Seborrheic dermatitis
L21.0 Seborrhea capitis
L21.1 Seborrheic infantile dermatitis
L21.9 Seborrheic dermatitis, unspecified


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