704.8 HAIR DISEASES NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 704.8

Short Description: Hair diseases NEC

Long Description: Other specified diseases of hair and hair follicles

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
        • 704.8 Hair diseases NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Abnormal keratinization of hair follicle
  • Acne necrotica miliaris
  • Acne necrotica varioliformis of scalp margin
  • Acne with gram negative folliculitis
  • Actinic folliculitis
  • Acute folliculitis
  • Agminate folliculitis
  • Bacterial folliculitis
  • Bockhart impetigo
  • Brittle hair-impaired intellect-decreased fertility-short stature syndrome
  • Chronic folliculitis
  • Chronic folliculitis of legs
  • Collarettes of lash follicles
  • Crandall's syndrome
  • Deep bacterial folliculitis
  • Demodex folliculitis
  • Disseminate infundibulo-folliculitis
  • Disturbance of hair cycle
  • Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis
  • Erythromelanosis follicularis of face AND/OR neck
  • Exclamation point hair
  • Follicular plugging
  • Folliculitis
  • Folliculitis nares perforans
  • Folliculitis of lids
  • Gram-negative folliculitis
  • Greasy hair
  • Hair cast
  • Hair sinus
  • Hair sinus in foot
  • Hairs broken close to the skin
  • Increased hair growth
  • Lanugo
  • Loose anagen hair syndrome
  • Lupoid sycosis
  • Lupoid sycosis of beard
  • Malassezia folliculitis
  • Matted hair
  • Milker's sinus
  • Multiple fibrofolliculomas
  • Neonatal eosinophilic pustular folliculitis
  • Nodular folliculitis
  • On examination - follicular pustules
  • Perifolliculitis
  • Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens
  • Pili incarnati
  • Pili multigemini
  • Propionibacterium acnes folliculitis
  • Pruritic folliculitis of pregnancy
  • Pseudofolliculitis
  • Pseudofolliculitis barbae
  • Pseudofolliculitis colli
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa folliculitis
  • Pustular folliculitis
  • Reactive follicular hyperplasia in the elderly
  • Scalp folliculitis
  • Sheepshearer's hair sinus
  • Short anagen syndrome
  • Staphylococcal folliculitis of scalp
  • Superficial folliculitis
  • Sycosis
  • Sycosis barbae
  • Sycosis cruris
  • Symmetrical circumscribed allotrichia
  • Trichomalacia
  • Trichostasis spinulosa
  • Tufted folliculitis
  • White forelock

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 704.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Acne (pustular) (vulgaris) 706.1
    • necrotic, necrotica 706.0
      • miliaris 704.8
  • Bockhart's impetigo (superficial folliculitis) 704.8
  • Cellulitis (diffuse) (with lymphangitis) (see also Abscess) 682.9
    • scalp (any part) 682.8
      • dissecting 704.8
  • Dermatitis (allergic) (contact) (occupational) (venenata) 692.9
    • follicularis 704.8
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • hair (follicles) NEC 704.9
      • specified type NEC 704.8
  • Folliculitis 704.8
    • abscedens et suffodiens 704.8
    • decalvans 704.09
    • gonorrheal (acute) 098.0
      • chronic or duration of 2 months or more 098.2
    • keloid, keloidalis 706.1
    • pustular 704.8
    • ulerythematosa reticulata 701.8
  • Impetigo (any organism) (any site) (bullous) (circinate) (contagiosa) (neonatorum) (simplex) 684
    • Bockhart's (superficial folliculitis) 704.8
  • Ingrowing
    • hair 704.8
  • Mentagra (see also Sycosis) 704.8
  • Perifolliculitis (abscedens) 704.8
    • capitis, abscedens et suffodiens 704.8
    • dissecting, scalp 704.8
    • scalp 704.8
    • superficial pustular 704.8
  • Pili
    • incarnati 704.8
  • Sycosis 704.8
    • barbae (not parasitic) 704.8
    • contagiosa 110.0
    • lupoid 704.8
    • mycotic 110.0
    • parasitic 110.0
    • vulgaris 704.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 704.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
704.8 Right Arrow L66.3 Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens
L73.8 Other specified follicular disorders
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
704.2 Abnormalities of the hair
704.3 Variations in hair color
704.41 Pilar cyst
704.42 Trichilemmal cyst
704.9 Unspecified disease of hair and hair follicles


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