Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue - L00-L99
Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue - It encompasses skin conditions such as dermatitis, psoriasis, and skin cancers.
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- 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.-)
These ranges represents sections of Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. The "L" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad chapter.
Codes:
- L00-L08 - Infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L10-L14 - Bullous disorders
- L20-L30 - Dermatitis and eczema
- L40-L45 - Papulosquamous disorders
- L49-L54 - Urticaria and erythema
- L55-L59 - Radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L60-L75 - Disorders of skin appendages
- L76 - Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L80-L99 - Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue