L24.A9
L24.A9: Irritant contact dermatitis due friction or contact with other specified body fluids
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L24.A9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for irritant contact dermatitis due friction or contact with other specified body fluids. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check L24.A9 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 related to endotracheal tube
- Wound fluids, exudate
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L24.A9
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L24.A9
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on L24.A: Irritant contact dermatitis due to friction or contact with body fluids
- erythema intertrigo (L30.4)
Written on L24: Irritant contact dermatitis
Other codes that can never be billed with L24.A9
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.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Exudate›causing irritant dermatitis
- Exudate›wound fluids causing irritant dermatitis
- Dermatitis›due to›exudate(wound fluids)
- Dermatitis›contact›irritant›due to›exudate
- Dermatitis›contact›irritant›related to›endotracheal tube
- Dermatitis›contact›irritant›due to›body fluids›specified NEC
- Dermatitis›contact›irritant›due to›body fluids›wound exudate
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.