ICD-10-CM · Chapter 12 · L00–L99
L90.5
Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Quick facts
- Code
- L90.5
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 12 — Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Category
- L90 — Atrophic disorders of skin
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM L90.5 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of scar conditions and fibrosis of skin. 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 L90
- L90Atrophic disorders of skin
- L90.0Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus
- L90.1Anetoderma of Schweninger-Buzzi
- L90.2Anetoderma of Jadassohn-Pellizzari
- L90.3Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini
- L90.4Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans
- L90.6Striae atrophicae
- L90.8Other atrophic disorders of skin
- L90.9Atrophic disorder of skin, unspecified
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