704.2 ABNORMALITIES OF HAIR


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 704.2

Short Description: Abnormalities of hair

Long Description: Abnormalities of the hair

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (680–709)
    • Other diseases of skin and subcutaneous tissue (700-709)
      • 704 Diseases of hair and hair follicles
        • 704.2 Abnormalities of hair

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Abnormal hair growth
  • Acquired progressive kinking of hair
  • Atrophic hair
  • Bamboo hair
  • Brittle hair
  • Cicatrical trichiasis
  • Cicatricial trichiasis
  • Clastothrix
  • Districhiasis
  • Finding of appearance of hair
  • Hair dystrophy
  • Idiopathic hair dystrophy
  • Lamellar ichthyosis AND trichorrhexis invaginata syndrome
  • Primary hair dystrophy
  • Secondary hair dystrophy
  • Trichiasis
  • Trichonodosis
  • Trichorrhexis

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 704.2 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
    • hair NEC 704.2
  • Atrophy, atrophic
    • hair 704.2
  • Clastothrix 704.2
  • Districhiasis 704.2
  • Dystrophy, dystrophia 783.9
    • hair 704.2
  • Fragilitas
    • crinium 704.2
    • hair 704.2
  • Fragility
    • hair 704.2
  • Kink, kinking
    • hair (acquired) 704.2
  • Knotting (of)
    • hair 704.2
  • Trichiasis 704.2
    • cicatricial 704.2
    • eyelid 374.05
      • with entropion (see also Entropion) 374.00
  • Trichoclasis 704.2
  • Trichomatosis 704.2
  • Trichonodosis 704.2
  • Trichoptilosis 704.2
  • Trichorrhexis (nodosa) 704.2

Crosswalk Information

The code 704.2 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
704.2 Right Arrow L67.0 Trichorrhexis nodosa
L67.8 Other hair color and hair shaft abnormalities
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
704.00 Alopecia, unspecified
704.01 Alopecia areata
704.02 Telogen effluvium
704.09 Other alopecia
704.1 Hirsutism
704.3 Variations in hair color
704.41 Pilar cyst
704.42 Trichilemmal cyst
704.8 Other specified diseases of hair and hair follicles
704.9 Unspecified disease of hair and hair follicles


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014