2026 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L67.8Other hair color and hair shaft abnormalities

ICD-10-CM Codes›L00–L99›L60-L75›L67

ICD-10-CM L67.8
CMSSource: CMS FY 2026 ICD-10-CM dataset · Effective Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026

L67.8 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other hair color and hair shaft abnormalities. It is valid on HIPAA claims for fiscal year 2026 (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026) and groups to MS-DRG 606 through 607. In AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCSR), this diagnosis falls under Other specified and unspecified skin disorders.

Code Identity

ICD-10-CM Code
L67.8
Billable Status
Yes — Valid for Submission
Code Describes
Other hair color and hair shaft abnormalities
Short Description
Other hair color and hair shaft abnormalities
Same as the full description in the CMS dataset.
Parent Code
L67
Hair color and hair shaft abnormalities

Code Classification

ChapterL00–L99Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
SectionL60-L75Disorders of skin appendages
CategoryL67Hair color and hair shaft abnormalities
This CodeL67.8Other hair color and hair shaft abnormalities

Approximate SynonymsGuidance

Alternate terms and clinical phrases that map to this code.

  • Abnormal direction of hair whorl
  • Abnormal frontal hairline
  • Abnormal hair finding
  • Abnormal hair texture
  • Abnormal hairline
  • Abnormal medial growth of eyebrow
  • Abnormal position of hair whorl
  • Abnormal posterior hairline
  • Absence of axillary hair
  • Absence of facial hair
  • Absence of hair - failure to grow
  • Absence of pubic hair
  • Achromotrichia
  • Acquired progressive kinking of hair
  • Bamboo hair
  • Banded hair
  • Brittle hair
  • Broad eyebrow
  • Broad lateral eyebrow
  • Bubble hair
  • Chemical hair color change
  • Chromhidrosis
  • Circle hairs
  • Club hairs
  • Decreased hair growth
  • Disorder of hair growth
  • Disturbance of hair cycle
  • Drug-induced hair abnormality
  • Drug-induced hair color change
  • Dry hair
  • Exclamation mark hairs
  • Exclamation point hair
  • Eyebrow growth towards upper eyelid
  • Failure of hair growth
  • Finding of appearance of hair
  • Finding of texture of hair
  • Fine hair
  • Fine silky hair
  • Greasy hair
  • Hair absent
  • Hair changes due to malnutrition
  • Hair dystrophy
  • Hair growth extension on temple to lateral eyebrow
  • Hair shaft damage by chemical
  • Hair shaft damage from bleaching
  • Hair shaft damage from hairdressing chemicals
  • Hair shaft damage from permanent waving
  • Hair shaft damage from shampooing
  • Hairs broken close to the skin
  • Idiopathic hair dystrophy
  • Increased length of hair of eyebrow
  • Kinked hairs
  • Lack of luster of hair
  • Lateral extension of eyebrow
  • Matted hair
  • Metabolic hair color change
  • Nutritional hair color change
  • Pili bifurcati
  • Pohl-Pinkus hairs
  • Poor hair growth
  • Post-inflammatory hair color change
  • Preauricular hair displacement
  • Primary hair dystrophy
  • Pseudochromhidrosis
  • Pseudomonilethrix
  • Secondary hair dystrophy
  • Skin changes due to malnutrition
  • Slow rate of hair growth
  • Slow rate of hair of scalp growth
  • Spangled hair
  • Sparse growth of anterior scalp hair
  • Sparse growth of body hair
  • Sparse growth of hair
  • Sparse growth of scalp hair
  • Split hair
  • Symmetrical circumscribed allotrichia
  • Tapered hairs
  • Trichonodosis
  • Trichorrhexis
  • Trichoschisis
  • Weathered hair

Tabular List NotesGuidance

Coding notes and annotation back-references applicable to this code.

Inclusion Terms

  • Fragilitas crinium

Index to Diseases and InjuriesGuidance

Alphabetical index entries that point to this code.

External Cause of Injuries IndexGuidance

References for this code in the External Cause of Injuries Index.

    • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities
      • hair (color) (shaft)
        • specified NEC
    • Atrophy, atrophic(of)
      • hair
    • Clastothrix
    • Dystrophy, dystrophia
      • hair
    • Fragile, fragility
      • hair
    • Fragilitas
      • crinium
    • Kink, kinking
      • hair (acquired)
    • Knotting(of)
      • hair
    • Pseudochromhidrosis
    • Trichoclasis
    • Trichonodosis
    • Trichoptilosis

Clinical ClassificationClinical

AHRQ’s CCSR groups this code into broader clinical categories.

CCSR SKN007
Other specified and unspecified skin disorders
Default principal diagnosis: inpatient Yes · outpatient Yes

Patient EducationClinical

Hair Problems

The average person has 5 million hairs. Hair grows all over your body except on your lips, palms, and the soles of your feet. It takes about a month for healthy hair to grow half an inch. Most hairs grow for up to six years and then fall out. New hairs grow in their place.

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Convert L67.8 to ICD-9-CMHistory

The closest ICD-9-CM equivalents under the General Equivalence Mappings.

ICD-9-CM
704.2 Abnormalities of hair
Approximate The match is approximate rather than exact.

Code HistoryHistory

FY 2016AddedAdded to the ICD-10-CM code setEffective October 1, 2015, the first year of ICD-10-CM.
FY 2017–2025No changes
FY 2026CurrentCurrent code set, no changesEffective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

Questions About L67.8Overview

Is L67.8 (Hair color and hair shaft abnormalities) a billable code?

Yes. This is a billable ICD-10-CM code, specific enough to report other hair color and hair shaft abnormalities on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

What MS-DRG does L67.8 group to?

When other hair color and hair shaft abnormalities is the principal diagnosis on an inpatient stay, it groups to MS-DRG 606, 607, with relative weights from 0.9064 to 1.5132 depending on complications. Higher weights mean higher Medicare reimbursement.

What is the ICD-9 equivalent of L67.8?

Under the General Equivalence Mappings, other hair color and hair shaft abnormalities converts to ICD-9-CM 704.2 (abnormalities of hair). The mapping is approximate, so confirm the match fits the documentation.

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.