L24.89
L24.89: Irritant contact dermatitis due to other agents
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L24.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for irritant contact dermatitis due to other agents. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check L24.89 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Irritant contact dermatitis due to dyes
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L24.89
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L24.89
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on L24: Irritant contact dermatitis
Other codes that can never be billed with L24.89
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- L25Unspecified contact dermatitis
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
L24.89 is named in 13 Medicare coverage policies: 13 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56459Billing and Coding: Debridement Services
- A56558Billing and Coding: Allergy Testing
- A57531Billing and Coding: Allergy Testing
- A60360Billing and Coding: Allergy Diagnostic Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Blister›beetle dermatitis
- Dermatitis›blister beetle
- Dermatitis›caterpillar
- Dermatitis›due to›dyes›irritant
- Dermatitis›due to›specified agent NEC›irritant
- Dermatitis›contact›irritant›due to›specified agent NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.