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Non-specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 697
Lichen
  • 2015
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 4 ICD-9-CM codes below 697 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
Clinical Information
  • An inflammatory, pruritic disease of the skin and mucous membranes, which can be either generalized or localized. It is characterized by distinctive purplish, flat-topped papules having a predilection for the trunk and flexor surfaces. The lesions may be discrete or coalesce to form plaques. Histologically, there is a "saw-tooth" pattern of epidermal hyperplasia and vacuolar alteration of the basal layer of the epidermis along with an intense upper dermal inflammatory infiltrate composed predominantly of t-cells. Etiology is unknown
  • Inflammatory, pruritic disease of the skin and mucous membranes, which can be either generalized or localized; characterized by distinctive purplish, flat-topped papules having a predilection for the trunk and flexor surfaces; lesions may be discrete or coalesce to form plaques
  • Skin disease caused by lichen fungus
697 Excludes
 696.8 ICD9Data.com 697.0 
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