ICD-10-CM · Chapter 12 · L00–L99
L40.59
Other psoriatic arthropathy
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Quick facts
- Code
- L40.59
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 12 — Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Category
- L40 — Psoriasis
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM L40.59 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of other psoriatic arthropathy. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in L40
- L40Psoriasis
- L40.0Psoriasis vulgaris
- L40.1Generalized pustular psoriasis
- L40.2Acrodermatitis continua
- L40.3Pustulosis palmaris et plantaris
- L40.4Guttate psoriasis
- L40.5Arthropathic psoriasis
- L40.50Arthropathic psoriasis, unspecified
- L40.51Distal interphalangeal psoriatic arthropathy
- L40.52Psoriatic arthritis mutilans
- L40.53Psoriatic spondylitis
- L40.54Psoriatic juvenile arthropathy
- L40.8Other psoriasis
- L40.9Psoriasis, unspecified
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