ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L20-L30 › L23 Allergic contact dermatitis › L23.1
Allergic contact dermatitis due to adhesives
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Allergic contact dermatitis due to adhesives
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from L23 Allergic contact dermatitis
Excludes1 - never coded here
- allergy NOS (T78.40)
- contact dermatitis NOS (L25.9)
- dermatitis NOS (L30.9)
Excludes2 - not included here
- dermatitis due to substances taken internally (L27.-)
- dermatitis of eyelid (H01.1-)
- diaper dermatitis (L22)
- eczema of external ear (H60.5-)
- irritant contact dermatitis (L24.-)
- perioral dermatitis (L71.0)
- radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)
Inherited from the L20-L30 section Dermatitis and eczema (L20-L30)
Excludes2 - not included here
- chronic (childhood) granulomatous disease (D71-)
- dermatitis gangrenosa (L08.0)
- dermatitis herpetiformis (L13.0)
- dry skin dermatitis (L85.3)
- factitial dermatitis (L98.1)
- stasis dermatitis (I87.2)
Note
- In this block the terms dermatitis and eczema are used synonymously and interchangeably.
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Erythroderma
- Eczema > contact
- Disorder > allergic
- Exanthem, exanthema
- Hypersusceptibility
- Reaction > allergic
- Dermatitis > allergic
- Sensitive, sensitivity
- Disorder > erythematous
- Dermatosis > occupational
- Allergy, allergic > eczema
- Allergy, allergic > dermatitis
- Hypersensitive, hypersensitiveness, hypersensitivity
- Dermatitis > due to > adhesive
- Dermatitis > due to > plasters
- Dermatitis > contact > allergic > due to > adhesives
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| L23.0 | Allergic contact dermatitis due to metals | Valid |
| L23.2 | Allergic contact dermatitis due to cosmetics | Valid |
| L23.3 | Allergic contact dermatitis due to drugs in contact with skin | Valid |
| L23.4 | Allergic contact dermatitis due to dyes | Valid |
| L23.5 | Allergic contact dermatitis due to other chemical products | Valid |
| L23.6 | Allergic contact dermatitis due to food in contact with the skin | Valid |
| L23.7 | Allergic contact dermatitis due to plants, except food | Valid |
| L23.8 | Allergic contact dermatitis due to other agents | Not billable |
| L23.9 | Allergic contact dermatitis, unspecified cause | Valid |