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L81.5

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Leukoderma, not elsewhere classified

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

Loss of skin pigmentation in patches or areas where the skin becomes abnormally light or white, not classified elsewhere.

Coding Tips

  • •Use this code when leukoderma (depigmented patches) is documented but doesn't fit other specific L81 subcategories
  • •Distinguish from vitiligo (L80) which has its own specific code

Code Hierarchy

└L81Other disorders of pigmentation└L81.5Leukoderma, not elsewhere classified
└L81.5Leukoderma, not elsewhere classified

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