2021 ICD-10-CM Code L95.8
Other vasculitis limited to the skin
Valid for Submission
L95.8 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other vasculitis limited to the skin. The code L95.8 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The ICD-10-CM code L95.8 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like cutaneous gonorrhea, drug-induced lymphocytic vasculitis, eosinophilic vasculitis of skin, erythema induratum, familial pigmented purpuric eruption , gonococcal bacteremia-induced pustular vasculitis, etc.
| ICD-10: | L95.8 |
| Short Description: | Other vasculitis limited to the skin |
| Long Description: | Other vasculitis limited to the skin |
Code Classification
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 L95.8 are found in the index:
- - Vasculitis - I77.6
- - nodular - L95.8
- - skin (limited to) - L95.9
- - specified NEC - L95.8
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Cutaneous gonorrhea
- Drug-induced lymphocytic vasculitis
- Eosinophilic vasculitis of skin
- Erythema induratum
- Familial pigmented purpuric eruption
- Gonococcal bacteremia-induced pustular vasculitis
- Gougerot-Ruiter purpura
- Histiocytic vasculitis of skin
- Hypersensitivity reaction mediated by immune complex
- Lobular panniculitis
- Localized cutaneous vasculitis
- Lymphocytic vasculitis of skin
- Necrotizing cutaneous vasculitis
- Neutrophilic vasculitis of skin
- Nodular vasculitis
- Primary cutaneous vasculitis
- Pustular vasculitis
- Pustular vasculitis
- Schnitzler syndrome
- Urticarial vasculitis
- Urticarial vasculitis with monoclonal IgM component, Schnitzler
Diagnostic Related Groups - MS-DRG Mapping
The ICD-10 code L95.8 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V38.0 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 09/30/2021.
Convert L95.8 to ICD-9 Code
The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code L95.8 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
- 709.1 - Vascular disord of skin (Approximate Flag)
Information for Patients
Vasculitis
Also called: Angiitis
Vasculitis is an inflammation of the blood vessels. It happens when the body's immune system attacks the blood vessel by mistake. It can happen because of an infection, a medicine, or another disease. The cause is often unknown.
Vasculitis can affect arteries, veins and capillaries. Arteries are vessels that carry blood from the heart to the body's organs. Veins are the vessels that carry blood back to the heart. Capillaries are tiny blood vessels that connect the small arteries and veins.
When a blood vessel becomes inflamed, it can
- Narrow, making it more difficult for blood to get through
- Close off completely so that blood can't get through
- Stretch and weaken so much that it bulges. The bulge is called an aneurysm. If it bursts, it can cause dangerous bleeding inside the body.
Symptoms of vasculitis can vary, but usually include fever, swelling and a general sense of feeling ill. The main goal of treatment is to stop the inflammation. Steroids and other medicines to stop inflammation are often helpful.
NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Allergic vasculitis (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Aortic angiography (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Cerebral angiography (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Henoch-Schonlein purpura (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Necrotizing vasculitis (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Polyarteritis nodosa (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Takayasu arteritis (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Code History
- 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 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)