DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

L93 Lupus erythematosus

  • Header · not billable

L93 is not billable. The category heads 3 billable codes in FY2027: the 3 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Biett's disease → L93.0
  • Lupuspanniculitis → L93.2
  • Lupusdiscoid (local) → L93.0

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. L93 Lupus erythematosus
Billable codes
3
Subdivisions
3
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
9

Codes in L93

  1. L93.0
    Discoid lupus erythematosus
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Lupus erythematosus NOS
  2. L93.1
    Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus
    Billable
  3. L93.2
    Other local lupus erythematosus
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Lupus erythematosus profundus
    • Lupus panniculitis

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At L93

Excludes1

  • lupus exedens (A18.4) A18.4
  • lupus vulgaris (A18.4) A18.4
  • scleroderma (M34.-) M34
  • systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.-) M32

Use additional code

  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5) T36 T50

Notes that also apply

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

Index entries

  • Biett's disease → L93.0
  • Lupusdiscoid (local) → L93.0
  • Lupuserythematosus (discoid) (local) → L93.0
  • Lupusnontuberculous, not disseminated → L93.0
  • Lupuspanniculitis → L93.2
  • Panniculitis (nodular) (nonsuppurative)lupus → L93.2
  • Lupuserythematosus (discoid) (local)subacute cutaneous → L93.1
  • Lupuserythematosus (discoid) (local)profundus → L93.2
  • Lupuserythematosus (discoid) (local)specified NEC → L93.2

NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.

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