L80 ICD-10-CM Code: Vitiligo

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for L80 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2026Effective: October 1, 2025

Coder workflow for L80

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement

Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).

Official instructions as workflow

• Excludes2 — not part of L80(2 notes)

  Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in L80. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

  CompareH02.73, N90.89

  See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

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Indexed Clinical Terms (2)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

• Achroma, cutis
• Vitiligo

Don’t confuse L80 with…

MedCoder analysis — pairs from this code’s official notes, distinctions written by MedCoder

The codes most likely to be picked instead of L80 — named in its own official notes, or sharing its laterality or encounter family — with what separates them and which documentation moves the case. Each links to the full comparison.

• H02.73— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

  Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

  A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

  What moves you there: Documentation of vitiligo of eyelids adds H02.73; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

  Full comparison: L80 vs H02.73 →

• N90.89— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

  Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

  A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

  What moves you there: Documentation of vitiligo of vulva adds N90.89; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

  Full comparison: L80 vs N90.89 →

Relationships are read from this code's own official notes, its laterality siblings and its encounter family; the wording of each distinction is MedCoder editorial, and the documentation named in each “what moves you there” line is the official note phrase or sibling title itself. Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a.

Verify Before Coding

• No Medicare Code Editor or MS-DRG Definitions Manual restrictions apply to this code.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2026 MS-DRG: not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity for that release.

Named in the grouper logic of 3 MS-DRGs: DRG 606 (MDC 09), DRG 607 (MDC 09), DRG 795 (MDC 15).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):SKN007 — Other specified and unspecified skin disorders (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Other specified and unspecified skin disorders).

L74.513 — Primary focal hyperhidrosis, soles, L74.519 — Primary focal hyperhidrosis, unspecified, L74.52 — Secondary focal hyperhidrosis, L74.8 — Other eccrine sweat disorders, L74.9 — Eccrine sweat disorder, unspecified, L75.0 — Bromhidrosis, L75.1 — Chromhidrosis, L75.2 — Apocrine miliaria, L75.8 — Other apocrine sweat disorders, L75.9 — Apocrine sweat disorder, unspecified, L81.0 — Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation, L81.1 — Chloasma, L81.2 — Freckles, L81.3 — Café au lait spots, L81.4 — Other melanin hyperpigmentation, L81.5 — Leukoderma, not elsewhere classified, L81.6 — Other disorders of diminished melanin formation, L81.7 — Pigmented purpuric dermatosis, L81.8 — Other specified disorders of pigmentation, L81.9 — Disorder of pigmentation, unspecified, +137 more

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main term “Vitiligo”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

A67.2 — Late lesions of pinta (pinta), H02.731 — Vitiligo of right upper eyelid and periocular area (eyelid, right, upper), H02.732 — Vitiligo of right lower eyelid and periocular area (eyelid, right, lower), H02.733 — Vitiligo of right eye, unspecified eyelid and periocular area (eyelid, right), H02.734 — Vitiligo of left upper eyelid and periocular area (eyelid, left, upper), H02.735 — Vitiligo of left lower eyelid and periocular area (eyelid, left, lower), H02.736 — Vitiligo of left eye, unspecified eyelid and periocular area (eyelid, left), H02.739 — Vitiligo of unspecified eye, unspecified eyelid and periocular area (eyelid), N90.89 — Other specified noninflammatory disorders of vulva and perineum (vulva)

Lab tests where this diagnosis supports Medicare coverage (NCD)

Medicare's National Coverage Determination (NCD) program lists this diagnosis as medical justification for these lab tests.

Iron Panel, Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)

Contextual Map

Every relationship of L80 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run L80 with these 2 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

• L00-L99 — Chapter 12: Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (L00-L99) (L00-L99)[Hierarchy]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026
• L80-L99 — Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue[Hierarchy]— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular structure · icd10cm-fy2026

Excludes2

• H02.73 — Vitiligo of eyelid and periocular area[Excludes2]: “vitiligo of eyelids (H02.73-)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026
• N90.89 — Other specified noninflammatory disorders of vulva and perineum[Excludes2]: “vitiligo of vulva (N90.89)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026

Clinical classification (CCSR)

• SKN007 — Other specified and unspecified skin disorders[CCSR]— AHRQ CCSR for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses (HCUP)

MS-DRG Grouper

• DRG 606 — MINOR SKIN DISORDERS WITH MCC[MS-DRG]: “MINOR SKIN DISORDERS WITH MCC (MDC 09)”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
• DRG 607 — MINOR SKIN DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC[MS-DRG]: “MINOR SKIN DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC (MDC 09)”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026
• DRG 795 — NORMAL NEWBORN[MS-DRG]: “NORMAL NEWBORN (MDC 15)”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendix B) · FY2026

MDC crossing

• MDC 09 — Diseases and Disorders of the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast[MDC crossing]: “Diseases and Disorders of the Skin, Subcutaneous Tissue and Breast — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 7,376 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026
• MDC 15 — Newborns and Other Neonates with Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period[MDC crossing]: “Newborns and Other Neonates with Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026

Index entries

• Achroma, cutis[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
• Vitiligo[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026

Change history

• FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Sources for this page

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Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data

CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page

Claim edits Official source data

CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page

Inpatient payment groups Official source data

CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v43 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page

Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data

CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page

Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship

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