Diagnosis Code

L81.4 OTHER MELANIN HYPERPIGMENTATION


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: L81.4

Short Description: Other melanin hyperpigmentation

Long Description: Other melanin hyperpigmentation

The code L81.4 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)
    • Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99)
      • Other disorders of pigmentation (L81)
        • L81.4 Other melanin hyperpigmentation

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acquired hypermelanotic disorder
  • Addison melanoderma
  • Adverse effect from PUVA photochemotherapy
  • Agminated lentiginosis
  • Arterial dissection and lentiginosis syndrome
  • Circumscribed acquired hypermelanosis
  • Circumscribed hypermelanosis
  • Complication of cryotherapy procedure
  • Cutaneous complication of systemic sclerosis
  • Deposit on gingivae
  • Deposition on vulva
  • Deposition on vulva
  • Deposition on vulva
  • Drug pigmentation
  • Drug-induced hypermelanosis
  • Eruptive lentiginosis
  • Familial dyskeratotic comedones
  • Gastrocutaneous syndrome
  • Genetic mosaic
  • Genetic syndrome with hypermelanosis
  • Genital lentiginosis
  • Gingival pigmentation
  • Hereditary diffuse melanosis
  • Hereditary hypermelanosis
  • Hereditary reticulate melanosis
  • Hypermelanosis due to acromegaly
  • Hypermelanosis due to ACTH/MSH-secreting tumor
  • Hypermelanosis due to ACTH/MSH-secreting tumor
  • Hypermelanosis due to connective tissue disorder
  • Hypermelanosis due to connective tissue disorder
  • Hypermelanosis due to connective tissue disorder
  • Hypermelanosis due to cryotherapy
  • Hypermelanosis due to Cushing syndrome
  • Hypermelanosis due to endocrine disorder
  • Hypermelanosis due to endocrine disorder
  • Hypermelanosis due to endocrine disorder
  • Hypermelanosis due to endocrine disorder
  • Hypermelanosis due to endocrine disorder
  • Hypermelanosis due to endocrine disorder
  • Hypermelanosis due to Hodgkin's disease
  • Hypermelanosis due to hormonal factor
  • Hypermelanosis due to hyperthyroidism
  • Hypermelanosis due to malignant ACTH/MSH-secreting tumor
  • Hypermelanosis due to neoplasia
  • Hypermelanosis due to neoplasia
  • Hypermelanosis due to neoplasia
  • Hypermelanosis due to neoplasia
  • Hypermelanosis due to nervous system disorder
  • Hypermelanosis due to nutritional disorder
  • Hypermelanosis due to pheochromocytoma
  • Hypermelanosis following phototherapy for neonatal jaundice
  • Hypermelanosis of the eyelids due to hyperthyroidism
  • Hypermelanosis of undetermined etiology
  • Hypermelanotic pigmentary mosaicism
  • Hyperpigmentation of eyelid
  • Hypotrichosis with keratosis pilaris and lentiginosis
  • Keratosis pilaris
  • Lentiginosis
  • Lentiginosis due to PUVA
  • Lentigo - freckle
  • Lentigo of lip
  • Lentigo simplex
  • Linear and whorled nevoid hypermelanosis
  • Lupus erythematosus-associated hypermelanosis
  • Macule of skin
  • Melanin pigmentation of oral mucosa
  • Melanin pigmentation of oral mucosa
  • Melanin pigmentation of oral mucosa
  • Melanin pigmentation of oral mucosa associated with systemic condition
  • Melanoderma
  • Melanoderma
  • Melanoderma cachecticorum
  • Melanodermatitis toxica lichenoides
  • Melanosis
  • Melanosis of external genitalia
  • Melanosis of mucosa of body orifice
  • Melanosis of mucosa of body orifice
  • Melanosis of vulva
  • Melanotic macule of gingival mucosa
  • Melanotic macule of lip
  • Melanotic macule of penis
  • Metastatic malignant melanoma
  • Metastatic malignant melanoma to skin
  • Metastatic malignant melanoma with diffuse hypermelanosis
  • Mucosal lentiginosis
  • Nevoid lentiginosis
  • Non-specific cutaneous reaction in Hodgkin's disease
  • Oral melanocytic macule
  • Parasitic melanoderma
  • Penile hypermelanosis
  • Periorbital hypermelanosis
  • Pigmentary incontinence
  • Pigmentation disorder of lip
  • Pigmentation disorder of lip
  • Progressive cribriform and zosteriform hyperpigmentation
  • Punctate acrokeratoderma freckle-like pigmentation
  • Punctate palmoplantar keratoderma
  • Riehl's melanosis
  • Scleroderma-associated hypermelanosis
  • Senile melanoderma
  • Skin graft hyperpigmentation
  • Smoker's melanosis
  • Solar lentiginosis
  • Solar lentigo
  • Universal acquired melanosis
  • Vulval melanotic macule
  • Vulvovaginal hypermelanosis

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code L81.4 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Minor Skin Disorders With Mcc (606)
  • Minor Skin Disorders Without Mcc (607)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code L81.4 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Lentigo

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
L81.4 Right Arrow 709.09 Other dyschromia

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
L81 Other disorders of pigmentation
L81.0 Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
L81.1 Chloasma
L81.2 Freckles
L81.3 Cafe au lait spots
L81.5 Leukoderma, not elsewhere classified
L81.6 Other disorders of diminished melanin formation
L81.7 Pigmented purpuric dermatosis
L81.8 Other specified disorders of pigmentation
L81.9 Disorder of pigmentation, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023