Diagnosis Code

L65.8 OTHER SPECIFIED NONSCARRING HAIR LOSS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: L65.8

Short Description: Other specified nonscarring hair loss

Long Description: Other specified nonscarring hair loss

The code L65.8 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00–L99)
    • Disorders of skin appendages (L60-L75)
      • Other nonscarring hair loss (L65)
        • L65.8 Other specified nonscarring hair loss

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Alopecia due to disturbance of hair cycle
  • Alopecia due to friction and trauma
  • Alopecia due to friction and trauma
  • Alopecia due to friction and trauma
  • Alopecia due to friction and trauma
  • Alopecia due to friction and trauma
  • Alopecia due to underlying disease
  • Alopecia febrilis
  • Alopecia follicularis
  • Alopecia liminaris frontalis
  • Alopecia neurotica
  • Alopecia of pregnancy
  • Alopecia seborrheica
  • Alopecia senilis
  • Brush alopecia
  • Brush roller alopecia
  • Cachectic alopecia
  • Diffuse alopecia
  • Diffuse alopecia
  • Distribution pattern of hair growth - finding
  • Disturbance of hair cycle
  • Endocrine alopecia
  • Endocrine alopecia
  • Endocrine alopecia
  • Endocrine alopecia
  • Finding of appearance of hair
  • Friction alopecia
  • Frontal alopecia of women
  • Hair easily plucked
  • Hereditary hypotrichosis simplex
  • Hereditary hypotrichosis simplex of scalp
  • Hypotrichosis following infectious disease
  • Involutional alopecia
  • Ischemic alopecia due to birth injury
  • Loose anagen hair syndrome
  • Loss of outer third of eyebrow
  • Male pattern alopecia
  • Male pattern alopecia
  • Marginal alopecia
  • Massage alopecia
  • Partial loss of hair
  • Premature alopecia
  • Sparse hair
  • Thermal burn alopecia
  • Traumatic alopecia
  • Wig friction

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code L65.8 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)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
L65.8 Right Arrow 704.09 Alopecia 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
L65 Other nonscarring hair loss
L65.0 Telogen effluvium
L65.1 Anagen effluvium
L65.2 Alopecia mucinosa
L65.9 Nonscarring hair loss, unspecified


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