L81.7 Pigmented purpuric dermatosis

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Angioma serpiginosum

Applies from L81 Other disorders of pigmentation

Excludes1 (never code together)

• birthmark NOS (Q82.5)
• Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (Q85.89)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• nevus - see Alphabetical Index

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 606-607 in MDC 09.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 709.09 Other dyschromia (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to L81.7

Back-references to L81.7

• Type 1 Excludes: L95 Vasculitis limited to skin, not elsewhere classified ("angioma serpiginosum (L81.7)")

Diagnosis Index entries for L81.7

• Angioma › serpiginosum
• Dermatitis (eczematous) › Schamberg's
• Dermatosis › pigmentary › progressive
• Dermatosis › pigmentary › Schamberg's
• Dermatosis › purpuric, pigmented
• Gougerot's syndrome (trisymptomatic)
• Gougerot-Blum syndrome (pigmented purpuric lichenoid dermatitis)
• Hutchinson's › disease, meaning › angioma serpiginosum
• Majocchi's › disease
• Purpura › annularis telangiectodes
• Purpura › telangiectasia annularis
• Schamberg's disease (progressive pigmentary dermatosis)
• Syndrome › Gougerot-Blum

Nearby codes

• 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
• L81.7 Pigmented purpuric dermatosis (this code)
• L81.8 Other specified disorders of pigmentation
• L81.9 Disorder of pigmentation, unspecified