2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L68.0

Hirsutism

ICD-10-CM Code:
L68.0
ICD-10 Code for:
Hirsutism
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
Not chronic
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Code Classification

  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
    (L00–L99)
    • Disorders of skin appendages
      (L60-L75)
      • Hypertrichosis
        (L68)

L68.0 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of hirsutism. 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:

  • Androgen-dependent hirsutism
  • Androgen-independent hirsutism
  • Diabetes mellitus due to genetic defect in insulin action
  • Drug-induced hair abnormality
  • Drug-induced hirsutism
  • Extreme insulin resistance with acanthosis nigricans, hirsutism AND abnormal insulin receptors
  • Extreme insulin resistance with acanthosis nigricans, hirsutism AND autoantibodies to the insulin receptors
  • Familial hirsutism
  • Female hirsutism
  • Hirsuties papillaris penis
  • Hirsutism
  • Hirsutism
  • Hirsutism
  • Hirsutism
  • Idiopathic hirsutism
  • Insulin receptor defect

Clinical Classification

Clinical Information

  • Hirsutism

    a condition observed in women and children when there is excess coarse body hair of an adult male distribution pattern, such as facial and chest areas. it is the result of elevated androgens from the ovaries, the adrenal glands, or exogenous sources. the concept does not include hypertrichosis, which is an androgen-independent excessive hair growth.
  • Grade 1 Hirsutism, CTCAE|Grade 1 Hirsutism

    in women, increase in length, thickness or density of hair in a male distribution that the patient is able to camouflage by periodic shaving, bleaching, or removal of hair
  • Grade 2 Hirsutism, CTCAE|Grade 2 Hirsutism

    in women, increase in length, thickness or density of hair in a male distribution that requires daily shaving or consistent destructive means of hair removal to camouflage; associated with psychosocial impact
  • Hirsutism

    male-pattern hair growth on a female.
  • Hirsutism, CTCAE|Hirsutism|Hirsutism

    a disorder characterized by the presence of excess hair growth in women in anatomic sites where growth is considered to be a secondary male characteristic and under androgen control (beard, moustache, chest, abdomen).

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).

Convert L68.0 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: 704.1 - Hirsutism
    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.

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.