Other epidermal thickening (L85)
Clinical Information
Keratoacanthoma - A benign, non-neoplastic, usually self-limiting epithelial lesion closely resembling squamous cell carcinoma clinically and histopathologically. It occurs in solitary, multiple, and eruptive forms. The solitary and multiple forms occur on sunlight exposed areas and are identical histologically; they affect primarily white males. The eruptive form usually involves both sexes and appears as a generalized papular eruption.
Instructional Notations
Type 2 Excludes
A type 2 excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
- hypertrophic disorders of the skin L91
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)
Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99)
L85 Other epidermal thickening
- L85.0 Acquired ichthyosis
- L85.1 Acquired keratosis [keratoderma] palmaris et plantaris
- L85.2 Keratosis punctata (palmaris et plantaris)
- L85.3 Xerosis cutis
- L85.8 Other specified epidermal thickening
- L85.9 Epidermal thickening, unspecified
Other epidermal thickening (L85)