All ICD10 Codes

L81

Non-Billable
ChapterL00–L99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Other disorders of pigmentation

Use a more specific code (10 billable)
L81.0Postinflammatory hyperpigmentationL81.1ChloasmaL81.2FrecklesL81.3Café au lait spotsL81.4Other melanin hyperpigmentationL81.5Leukoderma, not elsewhere classifiedL81.6Other disorders of diminished melanin formationL81.7Pigmented purpuric dermatosisL81.8Other specified disorders of pigmentationL81.9Disorder of pigmentation, unspecified
Metadata & Insights
  • •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • •Chapter 12: Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (L00-L99).

CH12 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
  • viral warts (B07.-)

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • nevus - see Alphabetical Index

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH12Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
L80-L99Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99)
L81Other disorders of pigmentationNot billable
L81.0Postinflammatory hyperpigmentationBillable
L81.1ChloasmaBillable
L81.2FrecklesBillable
L81.3Café au lait spotsBillable
L81.4Other melanin hyperpigmentationBillable
L81.5Leukoderma, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
L81.6Other disorders of diminished melanin formationBillable
L81.7Pigmented purpuric dermatosisBillable
L81.8Other specified disorders of pigmentationBillable
L81.9Disorder of pigmentation, unspecifiedBillable

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to L81:

chapterCH12
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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