L24.8
L24.8 — Irritant contact dermatitis due to other agents
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L24.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for irritant contact dermatitis due to other agents. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
L24.8 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 L24.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L24. If L24.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- L24.0Irritant contact dermatitis due to detergents
- L24.1Irritant contact dermatitis due to oils and greases
- L24.2Irritant contact dermatitis due to solvents
- L24.3Irritant contact dermatitis due to cosmetics
- L24.4Irritant contact dermatitis due to drugs in contact with skin
- L24.5Irritant contact dermatitis due to other chemical products
- L24.6Irritant contact dermatitis due to food in contact with skin
- L24.7Irritant contact dermatitis due to plants, except food
- L24.9Irritant contact dermatitis, unspecified cause
- L24.AIrritant contact dermatitis due to friction or contact with body fluids
- L24.BIrritant contact dermatitis related to stoma or fistula
Questions about L24.8
- Is L24.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L24.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L24.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Dermatitis and eczema (L20-L30).