ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L20-L30 › L24.A Irritant contact dermatitis due to... › L24.A2
L24.A2
Irritant contact dermatitis due to fecal, urinary or dual incontinence
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 2022 to now.
- FY2022 Added to the code set Irritant contact dermatitis due to fecal, urinary or dual incontinence
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 L24 Irritant contact dermatitis
Excludes1 - never coded here
- allergy NOS (T78.40)
- contact dermatitis NOS (L25.9)
- dermatitis NOS (L30.9)
Excludes2 - not included here
- allergic contact dermatitis (L23.-)
- dermatitis due to substances taken internally (L27.-)
- dermatitis of eyelid (H01.1-)
- diaper dermatitis (L22)
- eczema of external ear (H60.5-)
- 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.
- Eczema > contact
- Dermatitis > irritant
- Dermatosis > occupational
- Dermatitis > contact > irritant > due to > body fluids > feces
- Dermatitis > contact > irritant > due to > body fluids > urine
- Dermatitis > contact > irritant > due to > body fluids > incontinence
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| L24.A0 | Irritant contact dermatitis due to friction or contact with body fluids, unspecified | Valid |
| L24.A1 | Irritant contact dermatitis due to saliva | Valid |
| L24.A9 | Irritant contact dermatitis due friction or contact with other specified body fluids | Valid |