L24.A

L24.A: Irritant contact dermatitis due to friction or contact with body fluids

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

L24.A is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for irritant contact dermatitis due to friction or contact with body fluids. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

irritant contact dermatitis related to stoma or fistula (L24.B-)

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

erythema intertrigo (L30.4)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L24.A

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on L24: Irritant contact dermatitis

allergy NOS (T78.40)
contact dermatitis NOS (L25.9)
dermatitis NOS (L30.9)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L24.A

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on L24: Irritant contact dermatitis

allergic contact dermatitis (L23.-)
dermatitis due to substances taken internally (L27.-)
dermatitis of eyelid (H01.1-)
diaper dermatitis (L22)
eczema of external ear (H60.5-)
perioral dermatitis (L71.0)
radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)

Other codes that can never be billed with L24.A

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.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead L24.A

4 child codes. Green means billable.