DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

L68 Hypertrichosis

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L68 is not billable. The category heads 6 billable codes in FY2027: the 6 codes directly below it.

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Where it sits

  1. Chapter 12 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
  2. L60-L75 Disorders of skin appendages (L60-L75)
  3. L68 Hypertrichosis
Billable codes
6
Subdivisions
6
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
7

Codes in L68

  1. L68.0
    Hirsutism
    Billable
  2. L68.1
    Acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa
    Billable
  3. L68.2
    Localized hypertrichosis
    Billable
  4. L68.3
    Polytrichia
    Billable
  5. L68.8
    Other hypertrichosis
    Billable
  6. L68.9
    Hypertrichosis, unspecified
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At L68

Includes

  • excess hair

Excludes1

  • congenital hypertrichosis (Q84.2) Q84.2
  • persistent lanugo (Q84.2) Q84.2

Notes that also apply

Block L60-L75 instructions (Excludes1 1): printed on the block page.

Chapter 12 instructions (Excludes2 10): printed on the chapter 12 page.

Index entries

  • Hirsutism, hirsuties → L68.0
  • Polytrichia → L68.3
  • Districhiasis → L68.8
  • Hypertrichosis → L68.9
  • Hypertrichosislocalized → L68.2
  • Hypertrichosisspecified NEC → L68.8
  • Hypertrichosislanuginosaacquired → L68.1

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