L98
L98 — Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L98 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with L98
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at L98. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading L98 alone.
Risk adjustment
L98 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 L98
11 child codes. Green means billable.
- L98.0Pyogenic granuloma
- L98.1Factitial dermatitis
- L98.2Febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet]
- L98.3Eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells]
- L98.4Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classified
- L98.ANon-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classified
- L98.5Mucinosis of the skin
- L98.6Other infiltrative disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L98.7Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L98.8Other specified disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L98.9Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified
Questions about L98
- Is L98 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L98 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L98 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).