L30.4

L30.4: Erythema intertrigo

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L30.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for erythema intertrigo. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check L30.4 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above L30.4

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

Written on L30: Other and unspecified dermatitis

contact dermatitis (L23-L25)
dry skin dermatitis (L85.3)
small plaque parapsoriasis (L41.3)
stasis dermatitis (I87.2)

Other codes that can never be billed with L30.4

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

L53Other erythematous conditions

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

L30.4 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 9 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56587Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
A56658Billing and Coding: Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
A56837Billing and Coding: Reduction Mammaplasty
A57044Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Chafing
Intertrigo
Dermatitis›friction
Dermatitis›traumatic NEC
Eczema›intertriginous NEC
Erythema, erythematous›intertrigo

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.