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ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L98.7

Effective Date: 10/01/2016 To 09/30/2025

Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue

CMS-HCC-V24 CMS-HCC-V28 RxHCC Age Gender Maternity Acute or Chronic MCC
-- -- -- -- -- -- Acute No
Applicable To for L98.7:
  • Loose or sagging skin following bariatric surgery weight loss

  • Loose or sagging skin following dietary weight loss

  • Loose or sagging skin, NOS

Excludes-2 for L98.7:
  • 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.-)

Back-references to L98.7
  • Excess, excessive, excessively
    • skin L98.7
      • and subcutaneous tissue L98.7
    • Loose see also condition
      • skin and subcutaneous tissue(following bariatric surgery weight loss) (following dietary weight loss) L98.7
      • Redundant, redundancy
        • skin L98.7
          • and subcutaneous tissue L98.7
        • Sagging
          • skin and subcutaneous tissue(following bariatric surgery weight loss) (following dietary weight loss) L98.7
          • Chapter, Section and Diagnosis Prefix for L98.7
              L00-L99 :

              Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

              L80-L99 :

              Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

              L98 :

              Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classified