L21.9

Seborrheic dermatitis, unspecified

Billable / specific

L21.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Seborrhea NOS

Includes (from L21)

  • Note: In this block the terms dermatitis and eczema are used synonymously and interchangeably.

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from L21)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from L21)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from L21)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from L21)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from L21)
  • lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8) (from L21)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from L21)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from L21)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from L21)
  • viral warts (B07.-) (from L21)
  • chronic (childhood) granulomatous disease (D71-) (from L21)
  • dermatitis gangrenosa (L08.0) (from L21)
  • dermatitis herpetiformis (L13.0) (from L21)
  • dry skin dermatitis (L85.3) (from L21)
  • factitial dermatitis (L98.1) (from L21)
  • perioral dermatitis (L71.0) (from L21)
  • radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59) (from L21)
  • stasis dermatitis (I87.2) (from L21)
  • infective dermatitis (L30.3) (from L21)
  • seborrheic keratosis (L82.-) (from L21)

Also known as

  • Seborrhea NOS
  • Dermatitis, seborrheic
  • Seborrhea, seborrheic
  • Seborrhea, seborrheic, dermatitis
  • Seborrhea, seborrheic, eczema

Parent code

  • L21Seborrheic dermatitisHeader

Related codes

  • L21.0Seborrhea capitisBillable
  • L21.1Seborrheic infantile dermatitisBillable
  • L21.8Other seborrheic dermatitisBillable

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