L98.6

Other infiltrative disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Billable / specific

L98.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • hyalinosis cutis et mucosae (E78.89)

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from L98)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from L98)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from L98)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from L98)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from L98)
  • lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8) (from L98)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from L98)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from L98)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from L98)
  • viral warts (B07.-) (from L98)

Also known as

  • Disorder, skin, infiltrative NEC
  • Infiltrate, infiltration, skin

Parent code

  • L98Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classifiedHeader

Related codes

  • L98.0Pyogenic granulomaBillable
  • L98.1Factitial dermatitisBillable
  • L98.2Febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet]Billable
  • L98.3Eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells]Billable
  • L98.4Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
  • L98.ANon-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
  • L98.5Mucinosis of the skinBillable
  • L98.7Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissueBillable
  • L98.8Other specified disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissueBillable
  • L98.9Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecifiedBillable

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