DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

L70 Acne

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L70 is not billable. The category heads 8 billable codes in FY2027: the 8 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. L70 Acne
Billable codes
8
Subdivisions
8
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
27

Codes in L70

  1. L70.0
    Acne vulgaris
    Billable
  2. L70.1
    Acne conglobata
    Billable
  3. L70.2
    Acne varioliformis
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Acne necrotica miliaris
  4. L70.3
    Acne tropica
    Billable
  5. L70.4
    Infantile acne
    Billable
  6. L70.5
    Acné excoriée
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Acné excoriée des jeunes filles
    • Picker's acne
  7. L70.8
    Other acne
    Billable
  8. L70.9
    Acne, unspecified
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At L70

Excludes2

  • acne keloid (L73.0) L73.0

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

  • Blackhead → L70.0
  • Comedo, comedones (giant) → L70.0
  • Whitehead → L70.0
  • Acne → L70.9
  • Acnecystic → L70.0
  • Acneindurata → L70.0
  • Acnenodular → L70.0
  • Acnepustular → L70.0
  • Acnevulgaris → L70.0
  • Acneconglobata → L70.1
  • Acneatrophica → L70.2
  • Acnefrontalis → L70.2
  • Acnelupoid → L70.2
  • Acnenecrotic, necrotica (miliaris) → L70.2
  • Acnerodens → L70.2
  • Acnevarioliformis → L70.2
  • Acnetropica → L70.3
  • Acneinfantile → L70.4
  • Acneneonatal → L70.4
  • Neonatalacne → L70.4
  • Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton)acne → L70.4
  • Acneexcoriée (des jeunes filles) → L70.5
  • Acnepicker's → L70.5
  • Acneartificialis → L70.8
  • Acnecachecticorum (Hebra) → L70.8
  • Acneoccupational → L70.8
  • Acnespecified NEC → L70.8

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