L60

Header — not billable

Nail disorders

The ICD-10 code for nail disorders is L60.

L60 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 8 more specific codes below.

Clinical notes

Excludes2 (not included here)

An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.

clubbing of nails (R68.3)
onychia and paronychia (L03.0-)

Documentation support

General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.

•This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
•As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.

Child codes under L60

L60.0Ingrowing nail
L60.1Onycholysis
L60.2Onychogryphosis
L60.3Nail dystrophy
L60.4Beau's lines
L60.5Yellow nail syndrome
L60.8Other nail disorders
L60.9Nail disorder, unspecified

Related codes in this category

L62Nail disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
L63Alopecia areatanon-billable header
L64Androgenic alopecianon-billable header
L65Other nonscarring hair lossnon-billable header
L66Cicatricial alopecia [scarring hair loss]non-billable header
L67Hair color and hair shaft abnormalitiesnon-billable header
L68Hypertrichosisnon-billable header
L70Acnenon-billable header
L71Rosaceanon-billable header
L72Follicular cysts of skin and subcutaneous tissuenon-billable header
L73Other follicular disordersnon-billable header
L74Eccrine sweat disordersnon-billable header
L75Apocrine sweat disordersnon-billable header
L60Nail disordersnon-billable header