Diagnosis Code

L85.8 OTHER SPECIFIED EPIDERMAL THICKENING


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: L85.8

Short Description: Other specified epidermal thickening

Long Description: Other specified epidermal thickening

The code L85.8 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 epidermal thickening (L85)
        • L85.8 Other specified epidermal thickening

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acquired keratosis follicularis
  • Acquired keratosis pilaris
  • Arsenical keratosis
  • Chronic eczema of foot
  • Cutaneous horn
  • Eruptive keratoacanthoma
  • Focal acral hyperkeratosis
  • Giant keratoacanthoma
  • Heat-induced dermatosis
  • Hereditary keratoacanthoma
  • Hyperkeratotic eczema of soles
  • Hypotrichosis with keratosis pilaris
  • Inflammatory hyperkeratotic dermatosis
  • Keratoacanthoma
  • Keratoacanthoma of eyelid
  • Keratoacanthoma of skin
  • Keratoacanthoma of skin of wrist
  • Keratosis pilaris
  • Multiple keratoacanthoma of skin
  • Multiple minute digitate hyperkeratosis of Goldstein
  • Neoplasm of skin of wrist
  • Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of adnexa of skin
  • Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of ocular adnexa
  • Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of skin of eyelid
  • Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of skin of face
  • Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of skin of upper limb
  • Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of skin of wrist
  • Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of soft tissues of face
  • Pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia
  • Retention hyperkeratosis
  • Smokers keratosis
  • Solitary keratoacanthoma
  • Subungual keratoacanthoma
  • Tar keratosis
  • Thermal keratosis

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code L85.8 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 L85.8 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Cutaneous horn

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
L85.8 Right Arrow 701.8 Skin hypertro/atroph NEC

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
L85 Other epidermal thickening
L85.0 Acquired ichthyosis
L85.1 Acquired keratosis [keratoderma] palmaris et plantaris
L85.2 Keratosis punctata (palmaris et plantaris)
L85.3 Xerosis cutis
L85.9 Epidermal thickening, unspecified


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