L60

Nail disorders

FY2027Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue/L60–L75 Disorders of skin appendages

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

L60 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for nail disorders. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are L60.0 Ingrowing nail, L60.1 Onycholysis, L60.2 Onychogryphosis, L60.3 Nail dystrophy and 4 more. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 12 Excludes2 entries.

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from L60–L75 Disorders of skin appendages
  • congenital malformations of integument (Q84.-)

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

This code
  • clubbing of nails (R68.3)
  • onychia and paronychia (L03.0-)
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 12 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
  • 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.-)

More specific codes under L60 8