L98.7 Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• 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)

• 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.-)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 701.9 Unspecified hypertrophic and atrophic conditions of skin (approximate)

Diagnosis Index entries for L98.7

• Excess, excessive, excessively › skin
• Excess, excessive, excessively › skin › and subcutaneous tissue
• Loose › skin and subcutaneous tissue (following bariatric surgery weight loss) (following dietary weight loss)
• Redundant, redundancy › skin
• Redundant, redundancy › skin › and subcutaneous tissue
• Sagging › skin and subcutaneous tissue (following bariatric surgery weight loss) (following dietary weight loss)

Nearby codes

• L98.A396 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified hand with bone involvement without evidence of necrosis
• L98.A398 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified hand with other specified severity
• L98.A399 Non-pressure chronic ulcer of unspecified hand with unspecified severity
• L98.5 Mucinosis of the skin
• L98.6 Other infiltrative disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
• L98.7 Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue (this code)
• L98.8 Other specified disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
• L98.9 Disorder of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified