ICD-10-CM Code L44.4

Valid for Submission

L44.4 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of infantile papular acrodermatitis [gianotti-crosti]. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code L44.4 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like acropustulosis of infancy or gianotti-crosti syndrome or localized pustular psoriasis or pustular psoriasis of palms and soles.

The code L44.4 is applicable for patients aged 0 through 17 years inclusive. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a patient outside the stated age range.

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code L44.4 are found in the index:

• - Acrodermatitis - L30.8
  • - infantile papular - L44.4

• - Gianotti-Crosti disease - L44.4

• - Syndrome - See Also: Disease;
  • - Gianotti-Crosti - L44.4

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:

• Pediatric diagnoses - Pediatric. Age range is 0–17 years inclusive (e.g., Reye’s syndrome, routine child health exam).

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Acropustulosis of infancy
• Gianotti-Crosti syndrome
• Localized pustular psoriasis
• Pustular psoriasis of palms and soles

Clinical Information

• ACRODERMATITIS-. inflammation involving the skin of the extremities especially the hands and feet. several forms are known some idiopathic and some hereditary. the infantile form is called gianotti crosti syndrome.

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code L44.4 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2020.

• 865 - VIRAL ILLNESS WITH MCC
• 866 - VIRAL ILLNESS WITHOUT MCC

Convert L44.4 to ICD-9

• 057.8 - Viral exanthemata NEC (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)
  • Papulosquamous disorders (L40-L45)
    • Other papulosquamous disorders (L44)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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