Chapter 12

L00–L99: Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue

Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue diagnostic classification updated for 2026.

Chapter 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.-)
Internal Codes
  • L63.0

    Alopecia (capitis) totalis

  • L63.1

    Alopecia universalis

  • L63.2

    Ophiasis

  • L63.8

    Other alopecia areata

  • L63.9

    Alopecia areata, unspecified

  • L64

    Androgenic alopecia

  • L64.0

    Drug-induced androgenic alopecia

  • L64.8

    Other androgenic alopecia

  • L64.9

    Androgenic alopecia, unspecified

  • L65

    Other nonscarring hair loss

  • L65.0

    Telogen effluvium

  • L65.1

    Anagen effluvium

  • L65.2

    Alopecia mucinosa

  • L65.8

    Other specified nonscarring hair loss

  • L65.9

    Nonscarring hair loss, unspecified

  • L66

    Cicatricial alopecia [scarring hair loss]

  • L66.0

    Pseudopelade

  • L66.1

    Lichen planopilaris

  • L66.10

    Lichen planopilaris, unspecified

  • L66.11

    Classic lichen planopilaris

  • L66.12

    Frontal fibrosing alopecia

  • L66.19

    Other lichen planopilaris

  • L66.2

    Folliculitis decalvans

  • L66.3

    Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens

  • L66.4

    Folliculitis ulerythematosa reticulata

  • L66.8

    Other cicatricial alopecia

  • L66.81

    Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia

  • L66.89

    Other cicatricial alopecia

  • L66.9

    Cicatricial alopecia, unspecified

  • L67

    Hair color and hair shaft abnormalities

  • L67.0

    Trichorrhexis nodosa

  • L67.1

    Variations in hair color

  • L67.8

    Other hair color and hair shaft abnormalities

  • L67.9

    Hair color and hair shaft abnormality, unspecified

  • L68

    Hypertrichosis

  • L68.0

    Hirsutism

  • L68.1

    Acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa

  • L68.2

    Localized hypertrichosis

  • L68.3

    Polytrichia

  • L68.8

    Other hypertrichosis

  • L68.9

    Hypertrichosis, unspecified

  • L70

    Acne

  • L70.0

    Acne vulgaris

  • L70.1

    Acne conglobata

  • L70.2

    Acne varioliformis

  • L70.3

    Acne tropica

  • L70.4

    Infantile acne

  • L70.5

    Acné excoriée

  • L70.8

    Other acne

  • L70.9

    Acne, unspecified

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