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L98.7 ICD-10-CA code: Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue

L98.7 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue” in CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026.

Official description

L98.7

Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue

Short description: Exc & redun skin subcu tissue

ICD-10-CA · Canada · Also written L987

Index terms

Entries in CIHI’s alphabetical index that lead to L98.7. Searching the index by the condition the note names is how coders reach this code.

  • Ptosis, eyebrow
  • Redundant, redundancy, skin (of), face
  • Lax, laxity, skin (acquired) (following weight loss)
  • Excess, excessive, excessively, skin (following weight loss)
  • Loose, skin following weight loss (bariatric surgery) (dietary)
  • Redundant, redundancy, skin (of), following weight loss (bariatric surgery) (dietary)

Notes for L98.7

As CIHI prints them, with any note L98.7 takes from the headings above it.

Includes

  • Loose or sagging skin:• NOS• following weight loss (bariatric surgery) (dietary)Ptosis eyebrow

Excludes

Conditions classified elsewhere.

  • Excess or redundant skin of eyelid:• acquired (H02.3)• congenital (Q10.3)skin changes due to chronic exposure to nonionizing radiation (L57.-)
  • Certain:• conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)• infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)neoplasms (C00-D48)symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)From Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)

Where L98.7 sits

  1. 1ChapterChapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
  2. 2Block L80-L99Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
  3. 3Category L98Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classified
  4. 4Valid code L98.7Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue

Source and release

Data release
ICD-10-CA · FY 2026–2027
Effective date
Apr 1, 2026
Publisher
CIHI

This page is built from the ICD-10-CA catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s FY 2026–2027 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.

See L98.7 in the CIHI source

Frequently asked questions

What does ICD-10-CA code L98.7 mean?

L98.7 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Excessive and redundant skin and subcutaneous tissue” in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release.

Where is L98.7 in ICD-10-CA?

L98.7 sits under L98 Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue, not elsewhere classified, within L80-L99 Other disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, within Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99).

What coding notes apply to L98.7?

ICD-10-CA lists Includes, Excludes notes for L98.7, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.

Which ICD-10-CA release does this page use?

It uses CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.

Codes beside L98.7

L98.0Pyogenic granulomaL98.1Factitial dermatitisL98.2Febrile neutrophilic dermatosis [Sweet]L98.3Eosinophilic cellulitis [Wells]L98.4Chronic ulcer of skin, not elsewhere classifiedL98.5Mucinosis of skinL98.6Other infiltrative disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissueL98.8Other specified disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissueL98.9Disorder of skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified