L24.A9 — Irritant contact dermatitis due friction or contact with other specified body fluids
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.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Irritant contact dermatitis related to endotracheal tube
- Wound fluids, exudate
Risk adjustment
L24.A9 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.
How L24.A9 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to L24.A9.
- 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
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L24.A. If L24.A9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L24.A9
- Is L24.A9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. L24.A9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does L24.A9 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Dermatitis and eczema (L20-L30).