L72
Follicular cysts of skin and subcutaneous tissue
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
L72 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for follicular cysts of skin and subcutaneous tissue. 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 L72.0 Epidermal cyst, L72.1 Pilar and trichodermal cyst, L72.2 Steatocystoma multiplex, L72.3 Sebaceous cyst and 2 more. Its coding notes include 1 Excludes1 entry and 10 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
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.-)