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Keloid scar. Clinical Information. (key-loyd) a thick, irregular scar caused by excessive tissue growth at the site of an incision or wound. A sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar resulting from formation of excessive amounts of collagen in the dermis during connective tissue repair.
L90.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM L90.5 became effective on October 1, 2024. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L90.5 - other international versions of ICD-10 L90.5 may differ.
1 Μαΐ 2024 · Hypertrophic scars and keloids are fibroproliferative disorders that result from aberrant wound healing in predisposed individuals following trauma, inflammation, surgery, or burns.
What are keloids and hypertrophic scars? A keloid scar is a firm, smooth, hard growth that occurs as a result of excessive scar formation. Keloids occur after skin injury; rarely, keloids can occur spontaneously without any significant preceding skin injury.
13 Ιουλ 2023 · A keloid scar is a thick raised scar. It can occur wherever you have a skin injury but usually forms on earlobes, shoulders, cheeks or the chest. If you're prone to developing keloids, you might get them in more than one place.
The ICD code L910 is used to code Keloid. A keloid (/ˈkiːlɔɪd/; also keloidal scar) is the formation of a type of scar which, depending on its maturity, is composed mainly of either type III (early) or type I (late) collagen.
L91.0 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of hypertrophic scar. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
