L85
Other epidermal thickening
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
L85 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for other epidermal thickening. 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 L85.0 Acquired ichthyosis, L85.1 Acquired keratosis [keratoderma] palmaris et plantaris, L85.2 Keratosis punctata (palmaris et plantaris), L85.3 Xerosis cutis and 2 more. Its coding notes include 11 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
This code
- hypertrophic disorders of the skin (L91.-)
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.-)