DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

Q81 Epidermolysis bullosa

  • Header · not billable

Q81 is not billable. The category heads 5 billable codes in FY2027: the 5 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Herlitz' syndrome → Q81.1
  • Köebner's syndrome → Q81.8
  • Goldscheider's disease → Q81.8

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 17 Congenital malformations, deformations, chromosomal abnormalities, and genetic disorders (Q00-QA1)
  2. Q80-Q89 Other congenital malformations (Q80-Q89)
  3. Q81 Epidermolysis bullosa
Billable codes
5
Subdivisions
5
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
9

Codes in Q81

  1. Q81.0
    Epidermolysis bullosa simplex
    BillableExempt
    Excludes1 1

    Excludes1

    • Cockayne's syndrome (Q87.19) Q87.19
  2. Q81.1
    Epidermolysis bullosa letalis
    BillableExempt
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Herlitz' syndrome
  3. Q81.2
    Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica
    BillableExempt
  4. Q81.8
    Other epidermolysis bullosa
    BillableExempt
  5. Q81.9
    Epidermolysis bullosa, unspecified
    BillableExempt

Sources of each column.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

Chapter 17 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 1): printed on the chapter 17 page.

Index entries

  • Herlitz' syndrome → Q81.1
  • Goldscheider's disease → Q81.8
  • Köebner's syndrome → Q81.8
  • Weber-Cockayne syndrome (epidermolysis bullosa) → Q81.8
  • Epidermolysisbullosa (congenital) → Q81.9
  • Epidermolysisbullosa (congenital)simplex → Q81.0
  • Epidermolysisbullosa (congenital)letalis → Q81.1
  • Epidermolysisbullosa (congenital)dystrophica → Q81.2
  • Epidermolysisbullosa (congenital)specified NEC → Q81.8

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