2026 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L81.8
Other specified disorders of pigmentation
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- L81.8
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Other specified disorders of pigmentation
- Is Billable?
- Yes - Valid for Submission
- Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
- Not chronic
- Code Navigator:
L81.8 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other specified disorders of pigmentation. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
Approximate Synonyms
The following list of clinical terms are approximate synonyms, alternative descriptions, or common phrases that might be used by patients, healthcare providers, or medical coders to describe the same condition. These synonyms and related diagnosis terms are often used when searching for an ICD-10 code, especially when the exact medical terminology is unclear. Whether you're looking for lay terms, similar diagnosis names, or common language alternatives, this list can help guide you to the correct ICD-10 classification.
- Acquired disorder of skin color
- Acromelanosis
- Addisonian pigmentation of palms
- Amalgam tattoo
- Amateur tattoo
- Argyria of skin
- Arsenic-induced rain-drop hypomelanosis
- Arsenic-induced skin pigmentation
- Bier anemic spots, cyanosis, and urticaria-like eruption syndrome
- Biers spots
- Buccal pigmentation due to Addison's disease
- Carotene pigmentation of skin
- Chlorpromazine pigmentation
- Chrysoderma
- Collier's stripes
- Complication of laser surgery
- Complication of laser surgery
- Crystal violet tattoo
- Cutis tricolor
- Decorative tattoo
- Disorder of nail color
- Drug pigmentation
- Drug pigmentation
- Drug pigmentation
- Drug pigmentation
- Drug-induced pigmentation
- Drug-induced pigmentation
- Drug-induced pigmentation
- Drug-induced pigmentation
- Endogenous non-melanin pigmentation
- Endogenous non-melanin pigmentation
- Erythromelanosis follicularis of face AND/OR neck
- Exogenous ochronosis
- Exogenous pigmentation of oral mucosa
- Familial progressive hyperpigmentation
- Finding of appearance of hand
- Finding of color of hand
- Finding of palmar crease
- Hemosiderin pigmentation of lower limb due to varicose veins of lower limb
- Hemosiderin pigmentation of skin
- Hemosiderin pigmentation of skin due to venous insufficiency
- Hyperpigmentation of left eyelid and periocular area
- Hyperpigmentation of left lower eyelid and periocular area
- Hyperpigmentation of right eyelid and periocular area
- Hyperpigmentation of right lower eyelid and periocular area
- Hypopigmentation of left eyelid and periocular area
- Hypopigmentation of left lower eyelid and periocular area
- Hypopigmentation of right eyelid and periocular area
- Hypopigmentation of right lower eyelid and periocular area
- Iatrogenic tattoo
- Irregular outline of pigmented skin lesion
- Labial melanin incontinence
- Laser-induced dyspigmentation
- Laser-induced hyperpigmentation
- Laugier-Hunziker syndrome
- Local exogenous pigmentation of oral mucosa
- Local exogenous pigmentation of oral soft tissue
- Malarial pigment deposition
- Melanin pigmentation of oral mucosa
- Melanin pigmentation of oral mucosa
- Melanonychia
- Melanosis of mucosa of body orifice
- Mercury pigmentation of skin
- Mixed color of pigmented skin lesion
- Non-melanin pigmentation caused by drug
- Non-melanin pigmentation caused by drug
- Non-melanin pigmentation caused by exogenous substance
- Non-melanin pigmentation caused by exogenous substance
- Non-melanin pigmentation caused by exogenous substance
- Non-melanin pigmentation caused by exogenous substance
- Non-melanin pigmentation caused by exogenous substance
- Non-melanin pigmentation caused by exogenous substance
- Occupational non-melanin pigmentation due to exogenous substance
- Occupational tattoo
- Occupational tattoo
- Ochronosis caused by hydroquinone
- Oral pigmentary incontinence
- Orthostatic intolerance
- Pigmentation due to topically applied medicament
- Pigmentation caused by diet
- Pigmentation disorder of lip
- Pigmentation due to exogenous pigment
- Pigmentation of palmar creases
- Pigmentation of skin or mucosa
- Pigmented peribuccal erythrosis of Brocq
- Pityriasis rotunda
- Postinflammatory skin pigmentation change
- Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
- Professional tattoo
- Pseudoatrophoderma colli
- Reticulate acropigmentation of Kitamura
- Schistosomal pigment deposition
- Segmental pigmentation disorder
- Skin disease caused by arsenic
- Skin disease caused by arsenic
- Skin hypopigmented
- Skin pigmentation
- Skin pigmentation due to hemosiderosis
- Tattoo of skin
- Tattoo of skin
- Tattoo of skin
- Tattoo of skin
- Tattoo of skin
- Tattoo of skin of left cheek
- Tattoo of skin of perioral region of face
- Tattoo of skin of right cheek
- Terra firma-forme dermatosis
- Toxicoderma
- Toxicoderma
- X-linked reticulate pigmentary disorder with systemic manifestation syndrome
- Zosteriform reticulate hyperpigmentation
Clinical Classification
Clinical Classifications group individual ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes into broader, clinically meaningful categories. These categories help simplify complex data by organizing related conditions under common clinical themes.
They are especially useful for data analysis, reporting, and clinical decision-making. Even when diagnosis codes differ, similar conditions can be grouped together based on their clinical relevance. Each category is assigned a unique CCSR code that represents a specific clinical concept, often tied to a body system or medical specialty.
Other specified and unspecified skin disorders
CCSR Code: SKN007
Inpatient Default: Y - Yes, default inpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
Outpatient Default: Y - Yes, default outpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.
Clinical Information
Skin Pigmentation
coloration of the skin.Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
a syndrome of orthostatic intolerance combined with excessive upright tachycardia, and usually without associated orthostatic hypotension. all variants have in common an excessively reduced venous return to the heart (central hypovolemia) while upright.Orthostatic Intolerance
symptoms of cerebral hypoperfusion or autonomic overaction which develop while the subject is standing, but are relieved on recumbency. types of this include neurocardiogenic syncope; postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome; and neurogenic orthostatic hypotension. (from noseworthy, jh., neurological therapeutics principles and practice, 2007, p2575-2576)Skin Pigmentation
the color of the skin as determined by the amount of melanin present.Skin Pigmentation Disorder|Pigmentation Disorders
a disorder of the skin characterized by loss or reduction of the skin color. it is caused by loss of melanocytes or abnormalities in melanin production.
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
- Iron pigmentation
- Tattoo pigmentation
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).
- Arsenical pigmentation - L81.8
- Disorder (of) - See Also: Disease;
- pigmentation - L81.9
- iron - L81.8
- specified NEC - L81.8
- Metal
- pigmentation - L81.8
- Tattoo (mark) - L81.8
Index of External Cause of Injuries
References found for this diagnosis code in the External Cause of Injuries Index:
- Arsenical pigmentation
- Disorder(of)
- pigmentation
- iron
- Disorder(of)
- pigmentation
- specified NEC
- Mark
- tattoo
- Metal
- pigmentation
- Pigmentation(abnormal) (anomaly)
- iron
- Pigmentation(abnormal) (anomaly)
- metals
- Pigmentation(abnormal) (anomaly)
- tattoo
- Tattoo(mark)
Convert L81.8 to ICD-9-CM
Below are the ICD-9 codes that most closely match this ICD-10 code, based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs). This ICD-10 to ICD-9 crosswalk tool is helpful for coders who need to reference legacy diagnosis codes for audits, historical claims, or approximate code comparisons.
Other dyschromia
ICD-9-CM: 709.09
Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means this ICD-10 code does not have an exact ICD-9 equivalent. The matched code is the closest available option, but it may not fully capture the original diagnosis or clinical intent.
Patient Education
Skin Pigmentation Disorders
Pigmentation means coloring. Skin pigmentation disorders affect the color of your skin. Your skin gets its color from a pigment called melanin. Special cells in the skin make melanin. When these cells become damaged or unhealthy, it affects melanin production. Some pigmentation disorders affect just patches of skin. Others affect your entire body.
If your body makes too much melanin, your skin gets darker. Pregnancy, Addison's disease, and sun exposure all can make your skin darker. If your body makes too little melanin, your skin gets lighter. Vitiligo is a condition that causes patches of light skin. Albinism is a genetic condition affecting a person's skin. A person with albinism may have no color, lighter than normal skin color, or patchy missing skin color. Infections, blisters and burns can also cause lighter skin.
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Code History
- FY 2026 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2025 through 9/30/2026
- FY 2025 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2024 through 9/30/2025
- 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.
