ICD-10-CM · Chapter 12 · L00–L99
L81.4
Other melanin hyperpigmentation
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Quick facts
- Code
- L81.4
- 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 L81.4 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of other melanin hyperpigmentation. 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
- L81.3Cafe au lait spots
- 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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