L98.7

Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue

Billable code

This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.

Coding notes

Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist

This code · L98.7
Excludes 2

acquired excess or redundant skin of eyelid (H02.3-) congenital excess or redundant skin of eyelid (Q10.3) skin changes due to chronic exposure to nonionizing radiation (L57.-)

Synonyms

Loose or sagging skin following bariatric surgery weight loss Loose or sagging skin following dietary weight loss Loose or sagging skin, NOS

Inherited from chapter 12Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Excludes 2

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8) neoplasms (C00-D49) symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) viral warts (B07.-)

Official Guidelines for L98.7

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