Dyshidrosis [pompholyx]

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Dyshidrosis [pompholyx]

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 L30 Other and unspecified dermatitis

Excludes2 - not included here

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

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)
factitial dermatitis (L98.1)
perioral dermatitis (L71.0)
radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)

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.

Pompholyx
Cheiropompholyx
Eczema > dyshydrotic
Dyshidrosis, dysidrosis
Dermatitis > dyshydrotic
Hutchinson's > disease, meaning > pompholyx

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
L30.0	Nummular dermatitis	Valid
L30.2	Cutaneous autosensitization	Valid
L30.3	Infective dermatitis	Valid
L30.4	Erythema intertrigo	Valid
L30.5	Pityriasis alba	Valid
L30.8	Other specified dermatitis	Valid
L30.9	Dermatitis, unspecified	Valid