2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L66.8
Other cicatricial alopecia
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- L66.8
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Other cicatricial alopecia
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
- Not chronic
- Code Navigator:
L66.8 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other cicatricial alopecia. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia
- Eczema of scalp
- Frontal fibrosing alopecia
- Lepromatous scarring alopecia
- Lichen planus of scalp
- Lipedema
- Lipedematous alopecia
- Rash of scalp
- Scarring alopecia due to infectious disease
Clinical Classification
Clinical Category is Other specified and unspecified skin disorders
- CCSR Category Code: SKN007
- Inpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default inpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
- Outpatient Default CCSR: Y - Yes, default outpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
Clinical Information
Lipedema
disorder of adipose tissue characterized by symmetric and bilateral enlargement of the lower extremities due to abnormal deposition of subcutaneous fat often in obese women. it is associated with hematoma, pain and may progress to secondary lymphedema which is known as lipolymphedema.
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).
- - Alopecia (hereditaria) (seborrheica) - L65.9
- - cicatricial - L66.9
- - specified NEC - L66.8
- - cicatricial - L66.9
Convert L66.8 to ICD-9-CM
- ICD-9-CM Code: 704.09 - Alopecia NEC
Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
Patient Education
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Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.
Footnotes
[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.