L74.5
L74.5 — Focal hyperhidrosis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
L74.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for focal hyperhidrosis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with L74.5
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at L74.5. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading L74.5 alone.
- R61Generalized hyperhidrosis
Risk adjustment
L74.5 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.
Code to one of these instead L74.5
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share L74. If L74.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about L74.5
- Is L74.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. L74.5 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does L74.5 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), in the block Disorders of skin appendages (L60-L75).