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L98.7

Billable
ChapterL00–L99
Ranksubcategory
Official Description

Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue

Metadata & Insights
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 12: Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (L00-L99).

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Loose or sagging skin following bariatric surgery weight loss
  • Loose or sagging skin following dietary weight loss
  • Loose or sagging skin, NOS
Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • acquired excess or redundant skin of eyelid (H02.3-)
  • congenital excess or redundant skin of eyelid (Q10.3)
  • skin changes due to chronic exposure to nonionizing radiation (L57.-)
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Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH12Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
L80-L99Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99)
L98Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classified
L98.7Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissueBillable

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to L98.7:

chapterCH12
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
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Code History

  • FY 2016: This code replaced L98.8 (Other specified disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue)

MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

This code is grouped within the following Diagnosis Related Group(s) for clinical reimbursement:

DRG 606
Minor Skin Disorders with MCC
DRG 607
Minor Skin Disorders without MCC

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