L23.8
L23.8 — Allergic contact dermatitis due to other agents
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L23.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for allergic contact dermatitis due to other agents. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
L23.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead L23.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L23. If L23.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- L23.0Allergic contact dermatitis due to metals
- L23.1Allergic contact dermatitis due to adhesives
- L23.2Allergic contact dermatitis due to cosmetics
- L23.3Allergic contact dermatitis due to drugs in contact with skin
- L23.4Allergic contact dermatitis due to dyes
- L23.5Allergic contact dermatitis due to other chemical products
- L23.6Allergic contact dermatitis due to food in contact with the skin
- L23.7Allergic contact dermatitis due to plants, except food
- L23.9Allergic contact dermatitis, unspecified cause
Questions about L23.8
- Is L23.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L23.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L23.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Dermatitis and eczema (L20-L30).