ICD-10-CM · Chapter 12 · L00–L99
L81.3
Cafe au lait spots
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Quick facts
- Code
- L81.3
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 12 — Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Category
- L81 — Other disorders of pigmentation
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM L81.3 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of cafe au lait spots. 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 L81
- L81Other disorders of pigmentation
- L81.0Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
- L81.1Chloasma
- L81.2Freckles
- L81.4Other melanin hyperpigmentation
- L81.5Leukoderma, not elsewhere classified
- L81.6Other disorders of diminished melanin formation
- L81.7Pigmented purpuric dermatosis
- L81.8Other specified disorders of pigmentation
- L81.9Disorder of pigmentation, unspecified
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