L85.8

Other specified epidermal thickening

Billable / specific

L85.8 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

  • Cutaneous horn

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from L85)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from L85)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from L85)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from L85)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from L85)
  • lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8) (from L85)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from L85)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from L85)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from L85)
  • viral warts (B07.-) (from L85)
  • hypertrophic disorders of the skin (L91.-) (from L85)

Also known as

  • Cutaneous horn
  • Cornu cutaneum
  • Dyskeratosis
  • Horn, cutaneous
  • Keratoacanthoma
  • Keratosis, arsenical
  • Keratosis, pilaris, acquired
  • Lichen, pilaris, acquired
  • Thickening, epidermal, specified NEC

Parent code

  • L85Other epidermal thickeningHeader

Related codes

  • L85.0Acquired ichthyosisBillable
  • L85.1Acquired keratosis [keratoderma] palmaris et plantarisBillable
  • L85.2Keratosis punctata (palmaris et plantaris)Billable
  • L85.3Xerosis cutisBillable
  • L85.9Epidermal thickening, unspecifiedBillable

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