Diagnosis Code

L98.9 DISORDER OF THE SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE, UNSPECIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: L98.9

Short Description: Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified

Long Description: Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified

The code L98.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)
    • Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99)
      • Oth disorders of skin, subcu, not elsewhere classified (L98)
        • L98.9 Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acute skin disorder
  • Adverse cutaneous reaction to acupuncture
  • Adverse cutaneous reaction to carrier oil
  • Adverse cutaneous reaction to diagnostic procedure
  • Adverse cutaneous reaction to herbal medicine
  • Adverse cutaneous reaction to homeopathic medicine
  • Adverse cutaneous reaction to volatile oil
  • Adverse reaction to oil
  • Amputation-related dermatosis
  • Angular cheilitis
  • Animal-induced dermatosis
  • Anthozoa injury of skin
  • Arthropathy associated with dermatological disorder
  • Arthropod dermatosis
  • Change in skin lesion
  • Chemical-induced dermatological disorder
  • Chronic disease of skin
  • Circumscribed palmoplantar keratoderma
  • Cold-induced dermatosis
  • Complication of diagnostic procedure
  • Complication of hemodialysis
  • Congenital hypotrichia
  • Crohn's disease of parastomal skin
  • Crohn's disease of skin
  • Cutaneous disorder due to bovine papular stomatitis virus
  • Cutaneous inflammation due to cytotoxic therapy
  • Cutaneous lesion resulting from spinal dysraphism
  • Cutaneous reaction caused by bacterial toxin
  • Cutaneous reaction caused by Mollusk venom
  • Cutaneous reaction due to octopus bite
  • Cutaneous reaction to Cnidaria
  • Cutaneous reaction to Cnidaria
  • Cutaneous reaction to Cnidaria
  • Cutaneous reaction to Cubozoa
  • Cutaneous reaction to injected foreign material
  • Cutaneous reaction to Physalia
  • Cutaneous reaction to Scyphozoa
  • Dermatoses due to Crustacea
  • Dermatosis associated with biotin deficiency
  • Dermatosis caused by centipede
  • Dermatosis caused by coumarin
  • Dermatosis caused by food mite
  • Dermatosis caused by immunosuppressant
  • Dermatosis caused by zoonotic mite
  • Dermatosis due to algae
  • Dermatosis due to Arachnida
  • Dermatosis due to beetle
  • Dermatosis due to Coelenterata
  • Dermatosis due to Coelenterata
  • Dermatosis due to Coelenterata
  • Dermatosis due to Coelenterata
  • Dermatosis due to Echinoidea
  • Dermatosis due to harvest mite
  • Dermatosis due to Hymenoptera
  • Dermatosis due to insect mite
  • Dermatosis due to Insecta
  • Dermatosis due to lice
  • Dermatosis due to moth and/or butterfly
  • Dermatosis due to scorpion
  • Dermatosis due to spider
  • Dermatosis due to tick
  • Dermatosis in childhood
  • Dermatosis of anus
  • Dermatosis of external ear
  • Dermatosis of external genitalia
  • Dermatosis of infancy
  • Dermatosis of lower limb due to disorder of leg veins
  • Dermatosis of perianal region caused by Enterobius vermicularis
  • Dermatosis of perineum
  • Dermatosis of scalp
  • Dermatosis resulting from anticoagulant therapy
  • Dermatosis resulting from arterial insufficiency
  • Dermatosis resulting from cytotoxic therapy
  • Dermatosis resulting from intravascular thrombosis
  • Dermatosis resulting from small vessel insufficiency
  • Dermatosis resulting from vascular insufficiency
  • Dermatosis resulting from vascular insufficiency
  • Dermatosis secondary to peripheral nerve disorder
  • Disease due to Parapoxvirus
  • Disease due to superfamily Oxyuroidea
  • Disease of skin and subcutaneous tissue complicating pregnancy, childbirth and/or puerperium
  • Disorder due to bovine papular stomatitis virus
  • Disorder of integument
  • Disorder of nail due to dermatosis
  • Disorder of perianal skin
  • Disorder of scalp
  • Disorder of skin
  • Disorder of skin and/or subcutaneous tissue
  • Disorder of skin AND/OR subcutaneous tissue of flank
  • Disorder of skin AND/OR subcutaneous tissue of head
  • Disorder of skin AND/OR subcutaneous tissue of neck
  • Disorder of skin AND/OR subcutaneous tissue of trunk
  • Disorder of skin appendage
  • Disorder of skin caused by epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor
  • Disorder of skin co-occurrent with human immunodeficiency virus infection
  • Disorder of skin due to tattoo ink
  • Disorder of skin following procedure
  • Disorder of skin of head
  • Disorder of skin of lower limb
  • Disorder of skin of neck
  • Disorder of skin of trunk
  • Disorder of skin of upper limb
  • Disorder of subcutaneous tissue
  • Disorders of skin induced by physical agents
  • Drug-induced dermatosis
  • Exogenous hand eczema
  • Finger grip mark
  • Focal acral hyperkeratosis
  • Friction dermatosis
  • Friction eczema
  • Friction palmar eczema
  • Heat-induced dermatosis
  • Herbal medicine adverse reaction
  • Hereditary disorder of the integument
  • Hereditary hypotrichosis with recurrent skin vesicles syndrome
  • Homeopathic medicine adverse reaction
  • Infection by Enterobius vermicularis
  • Infestation by Trombicula
  • Inflammatory dermatosis
  • Lepromatous skin complications
  • Lesion of face
  • Lesion of mucosa
  • Lesion of neck
  • Lesion of scalp
  • Lesion of skin and/or skin-associated mucous membrane
  • Lesion of skin of face
  • Lesion of skin of foot
  • Marfan's syndrome
  • Marfan's syndrome affecting skin
  • Menstrual cycle related dermatosis
  • Nail dystrophy associated with dermatological disease
  • Nakajo-Nishimura syndrome
  • Neurotrophic damage to skin
  • Occupational cold-induced dermatosis
  • Occupational heat-induced dermatosis
  • Occupational skin disease
  • Occupational toxicoderma
  • Pinch mark
  • PLACK syndrome
  • Pseudoscleroderma due to amyloid light-chain amyloidosis
  • Punctate palmoplantar keratoderma
  • Radiation recall reaction due to cytotoxic therapy
  • Scleroderma-like secondary cutaneous sclerosis
  • Self-inflicted skin lesions
  • Sequelae of leprosy
  • Site-specific disorder of skin
  • Skin and subcutaneous tissue complication following chemexfoliation of skin
  • Skin and subcutaneous tissue complication following insertion of filling material under skin
  • Skin and subcutaneous tissue damage caused by snake venom
  • Skin damage resulting from acquired nerve disorder
  • Skin disease attributable to corticosteroid therapy
  • Skin disease due to arsenic
  • Skin disorder due to phototherapy
  • Skin disorder of genitalia and perineum
  • Skin disorder of umbilicus
  • Skin disorder treatment changed
  • Skin disorder treatment started
  • Skin lesion
  • Skin lesion associated with hemodialysis
  • Skin lesion due to drug overdose
  • Skin lesion due to intravenous drug abuse
  • Skin lesion in drug addict
  • Skin mark
  • Skin peeling disorder
  • Skin plaque
  • Skin reaction to vesicant poison
  • Subcutaneous fat disorder
  • Toxicoderma
  • Toxicoderma
  • Toxicoderma
  • Ulcer
  • Ultraviolet recall reaction due to cytotoxic therapy
  • Vitamin A-responsive dermatosis

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code L98.9 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
L98.9 Right Arrow 709.9 Skin disorder NOS

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
L98 Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classified
L98.0 Pyogenic granuloma
L98.1 Factitial dermatitis
L98.2 Febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet]
L98.3 Eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells]
L98.4 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classified
L98.41 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of buttock
L98.411 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of buttock limited to breakdown of skin
L98.412 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of buttock with fat layer exposed
L98.413 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of buttock with necrosis of muscle
L98.414 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of buttock with necrosis of bone
L98.415 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of buttock with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis
L98.416 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of buttock with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis
L98.418 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of buttock with other specified severity
L98.419 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of buttock with unspecified severity
L98.42 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back
L98.421 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back limited to breakdown of skin
L98.422 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with fat layer exposed
L98.423 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with necrosis of muscle
L98.424 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with necrosis of bone
L98.425 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis
L98.426 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis
L98.428 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with other specified severity
L98.429 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of back with unspecified severity
L98.49 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites
L98.491 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites limited to breakdown of skin
L98.492 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with fat layer exposed
L98.493 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with necrosis of muscle
L98.494 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with necrosis of bone
L98.495 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with muscle involvement without evidence of necrosis
L98.496 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis
L98.498 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with other specified severity
L98.499 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin of other sites with unspecified severity
L98.5 Mucinosis of the skin
L98.6 Other infiltrative disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L98.7 Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue
L98.8 Other specified disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue


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