L81.7
Pigmented purpuric dermatosis
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 13 never code together
L81code
L00-L99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)I89.8
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)M30-M36
- viral warts (B07.-)B07.-
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 1
L81.7code
Inclusion terms
- Angioma serpiginosum
Index entries leading here 10
- Angioma — see also Hemangioma, by site
- serpiginosum L81.7
- Hutchinson's
- disease, meaning
- angioma serpiginosum L81.7
- disease, meaning
- Purpura D69.2
- Dermatitis (eczematous) L30.9
- Schamberg's L81.7
- Dermatosis L98.9
- Majocchi's
- disease L81.7
- Syndrome — see also Disease
- Gougerot-Blum L81.7
- Gougerot-Blum syndrome (pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis) L81.7
- Gougerot's syndrome (trisymptomatic) L81.7
- Schamberg's disease (progressive pigmentary dermatosis) L81.7
Alongside this code 9 same parent — L81
L81.0 Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation L81.1 Chloasma L81.2 Freckles L81.3 Cafe au lait spots L81.4 Other melanin hyperpigmentation L81.5 Leukoderma, not elsewhere classified L81.6 Other disorders of diminished melanin formation L81.8 Other specified disorders of pigmentation L81.9 Disorder of pigmentation, unspecified
Additional references
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