L94
L94 — Other localized connective tissue disorders
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L94 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other localized connective tissue disorders. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with L94
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at L94. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading L94 alone.
Risk adjustment
L94 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead L94
9 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about L94
- Is L94 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L94 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L94 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99).
- What cannot be coded together with L94?
- L94 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.