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FY2027

L98.7 — Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue

Billable

Is L98.7 billable?

Yes — L98.7 is billable for FY2027. L98.7 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. L98.7 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

L98.7 at a glance

CodeL98.7
DescriptionExcessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does L98.7 group to?

L98.7 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 L98.7 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to L98.7. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Excess, excessive, excessively › skin
  • Loose › skin and subcutaneous tissue
  • Redundant, redundancy › skin
  • Sagging › skin and subcutaneous tissue
  • Excess, excessive, excessively › skin › and subcutaneous tissue
  • Redundant, redundancy › skin › and subcutaneous tissue

Excludes2 — not included here

The conditions below are not part of L98.7, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L98.7 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • 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.-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to L98.7.

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

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 12

The conditions below are not part of L98.7, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L98.7 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.-)

How long has L98.7 existed?

L98.7 first appears in FY2018 (FY2017 is not available, so it may have appeared then).

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

What other codes are in the L98 family? (10)