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L90.5 – Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin

Overview

Coding Notes

Active
Billable, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Tyoe 2 Excludes

hypertrophic scar (L91.0)
keloid scar (L91.0)

Applicable To

Adherent scar (skin)
Cicatrix
Disfigurement of skin due to scar
Fibrosis of skin NOS
Scar NOS

GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

Fs: 00000 – Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

MINOR SKIN DISORDERS WITH MCC
MINOR SKIN DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Adherent See also Adhesions
scar (skin) L90.5
tendon in scar L90.5
Atrophy, atrophic (of)
scar L90.5
Cicatrix (adherent) (contracted) (painful) (vicious) See also Scar L90.5
skin L90.5
postinfective L90.5
specified site NEC L90.5
wrist, constricting (annular) L90.5
Disfigurement (due to scar) L90.5
Fibrosis, fibrotic
skin L90.5
Painful See also Pain
scar NEC L90.5
Scar, scarring See also Cicatrix L90.5
adherent L90.5
atrophic L90.5
painful L90.5

Sibling Codes

Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus
Anetoderma of Schweninger-Buzzi
Anetoderma of Jadassohn-Pellizzari
Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini
Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans
Striae atrophicae
Other atrophic disorders of skin
Atrophic disorder of skin, unspecified

Parent Sibling Codes

Atrophic disorders of skin
Hypertrophic disorders of skin
Granulomatous disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue
Lupus erythematosus
Other localized connective tissue disorders
Vasculitis limited to skin, not elsewhere classified
Non-pressure chronic ulcer of lower limb, not elsewhere classified
Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classified
Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue in diseases classified elsewhere

View in Tabular

Code Title
L00-L99 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
L80-L99 Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99)
L90 Atrophic disorders of skin
L90.5 Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin
Type 2 Excludes
hypertrophic scar (L91.0)
keloid scar (L91.0)

Applicable to
Adherent scar (skin)
Cicatrix
Disfigurement of skin due to scar
Fibrosis of skin NOS
Scar NOS