L98.7
ICD-10BillableExcessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue
L98.7 is valid for submission on a claim — CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.
Inclusion terms
- 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. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- 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.-)
Related codes in L98
- L98.0Pyogenic granuloma
- L98.1Factitial dermatitis
- L98.2Febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet]
- L98.3Eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells]
- L98.4Non-pressure chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classifiedcategory
- L98.ANon-pressure chronic ulcer of upper limb, NECcategory
- L98.5Mucinosis of the skin
- L98.6Oth infiltrative disorders of the skin, subcu
- L98.8Oth disrd of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- L98.9Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- L98
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.