L10

Pemphigus

Non-billable header

L10 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • benign familial pemphigus [Hailey-Hailey] (Q82.8)
  • staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (L00)
  • toxic epidermal necrolysis [Lyell] (L51.2)
  • pemphigus neonatorum (L01.03)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
  • viral warts (B07.-)

More specific codes L10

  • L10.0Pemphigus vulgarisBillable
  • L10.1Pemphigus vegetansBillable
  • L10.2Pemphigus foliaceousBillable
  • L10.3Brazilian pemphigus [fogo selvagem]Billable
  • L10.4Pemphigus erythematosusBillable
  • L10.5Drug-induced pemphigusBillable
  • L10.8Other pemphigusHeader
  • L10.9Pemphigus, unspecifiedBillable

Related codes

  • L11Other acantholytic disordersHeader
  • L12PemphigoidHeader
  • L13Other bullous disordersHeader
  • L14Bullous disorders in diseases classified elsewhereBillable

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