L26 — Exfoliative dermatitis
Is L26 billable?
Yes — L26 is billable for FY2027. L26 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. L26 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
L26 at a glance
| Code | L26 |
|---|---|
| Description | Exfoliative dermatitis |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does L26 group to?
L26 sits in MDC 09 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 606Minor Skin Disorders with MCCmedical
- 607Minor Skin Disorders without MCCmedical
How is L26 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to L26. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Dermatitis › exfoliative, exfoliativa (eczematous)
- Dermatosis › exfoliativa
- Hebra's › pityriasis
- Pityriasis › Hebra's (capitis)
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with L26 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- Ritter's disease (L00)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to L26.
- Hebra's pityriasis
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 12
The conditions below are not part of L26, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L26 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- 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.-)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from L20-L30
The conditions below are not part of L26, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L26 and the excluded code may both be reported.
How long has L26 existed?
L26 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
Which codes are confused with L26?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with L26 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.