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6 Other infiltrative disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Excludes1: hyalinosis cutis et mucosae (E78.89)
- L98.8 Other specified disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L98.9 Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified
L99 Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue in diseases classified elsewhere
- Code first underlying disease, such as:
- amyloidosis (E85.-)
- Excludes1: skin disorders in diabetes (E08-E13 with .62)
- skin disorders in gonorrhea (A54.89)
- skin disorders in syphilis (A51.31, A52.79)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
- Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
- Excludes2: arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)
- neoplasms (C00-D48)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- This chapter contains the following blocks:
- M00-M02 Infectious arthropathies
- M05-M14 Inflammatory polyarthropathies
- M15-M19 Osteoarthritis
- M20-M25 Other joint disorders
- M26-M27 Dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] and other disorders of jaw
- M30-M36 Systemic connective tissue disorders
- M40-M43 Deforming dorsopathies
- M45-M49 Spondylopathies
