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L90.5 - Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin


The ICD 10 Code for Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin is listed as L90.5.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: L90.5
Description: Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin
  • Adherent scar (skin)
  • Cicatrix
  • Disfigurement of skin due to scar
  • Fibrosis of skin NOS
  • Scar NOS
  • Excludes2: hypertrophic scar (L91.0)
  • keloid scar (L91.0)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
606 - Minor Skin Disorders W Mcc
607 - Minor Skin Disorders W/o Mcc
Chapter Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
Block Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L80-L99)
Parent L90 - Atrophic disorders of skin
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 709.2 - Scar conditions and fibrosis of skin
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of L90.5:
L90.0 - Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus
L90.1 - Anetoderma of Schweninger-Buzzi
L90.2 - Anetoderma of Jadassohn-Pellizzari
L90.3 - Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini
L90.4 - Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans
L90.6 - Striae atrophicae
L90.8 - Other atrophic disorders of skin
L90.9 - Atrophic disorder of skin, unspecified