DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

L85 Other epidermal thickening

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L85 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. L80-L99 Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99)
  3. L85 Other epidermal thickening
Billable codes
6
Subdivisions
6
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
29

Codes in L85

  1. L85.0
    Acquired ichthyosis
    Billable
    Excludes1 1

    Excludes1

    • congenital ichthyosis (Q80.-) Q80
  2. L85.1
    Acquired keratosis [keratoderma] palmaris et plantaris
    Billable
    Excludes1 1

    Excludes1

    • inherited keratosis palmaris et plantaris (Q82.8) Q82.8
  3. L85.2
    Keratosis punctata (palmaris et plantaris)
    Billable
  4. L85.3
    Xerosis cutis
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Dry skin dermatitis
  5. L85.8
    Other specified epidermal thickening
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Cutaneous horn
  6. L85.9
    Epidermal thickening, unspecified
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At L85

Excludes2

  • hypertrophic disorders of the skin (L91.-) L91

Notes that also apply

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

Index entries

  • Asteatosis cutis → L85.3
  • Cornu cutaneum → L85.8
  • Dyskeratosis → L85.8
  • Keratoacanthoma → L85.8
  • Hyperkeratosis → L85.9
  • Pachyderma, pachydermia → L85.9
  • Ichthyosis (congenital)acquired → L85.0
  • Xerodermaacquired → L85.0
  • Hyperkeratosispalmoplantaris climacterica → L85.1
  • Keratoderma, keratodermia (congenital) (palmaris et plantaris) (symmetrical)acquired → L85.1
  • Keratoderma, keratodermia (congenital) (palmaris et plantaris) (symmetrical)climactericum → L85.1
  • Keratoderma, keratodermia (congenital) (palmaris et plantaris) (symmetrical)punctata → L85.2
  • Keratosispunctata (palmaris et plantaris) → L85.2
  • Dermatitis (eczematous)dry skin → L85.3
  • Skindry → L85.3
  • Xerosiscutis (dry skin) → L85.3
  • Xerosisskin → L85.3
  • Horncutaneous → L85.8
  • Keratosisarsenical → L85.8
  • Keratosispilaris, acquired → L85.8
  • Hyperplasia, hyperplasticepithelial → L85.9
  • Thickeningepidermal → L85.9
  • Disease, diseasedalligator-skinacquired → L85.0
  • Disease, diseasedfish-skinacquired → L85.0
  • Keratosispalmaris et plantaris (inherited) (symmetrical)acquired → L85.1
  • Tylosis (acquired)palmaris et plantaris (congenital) (inherited)acquired → L85.1
  • Lichenpilarisacquired → L85.8
  • Thickeningepidermalspecified NEC → L85.8
  • Hyperplasia, hyperplasticepithelialskin → L85.9

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