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.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L23.8
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L23.8
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on L23: Allergic contact dermatitis
Other codes that can never be billed with L23.8
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead L23.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under L23
- 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