Alphabetic Index FY2027

L24.A

Irritant contact dermatitis due to friction or contact with body fluids

FY2027Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue/L20–L30 Dermatitis and eczema

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

L24.A is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for irritant contact dermatitis due to friction or contact with body fluids. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are L24.A0 Irritant contact dermatitis due to friction or contact with body fluids, unspecified; L24.A1 Irritant contact dermatitis due to saliva; L24.A2 Irritant contact dermatitis due to fecal, urinary or dual incontinence and L24.A9 Irritant contact dermatitis due friction or contact with other specified body fluids. Its coding notes include 4 Excludes1 entries and 26 Excludes2 entries.

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

This code
  • irritant contact dermatitis related to stoma or fistula (L24.B-)
Inherited from L24 Irritant contact dermatitis

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

This code
  • erythema intertrigo (L30.4)
Inherited from L24 Irritant contact dermatitis
  • 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)
Also from chapter/block level (18 notes)
Inherited from L20–L30 Dermatitis and eczema
  • chronic (childhood) granulomatous disease (D71-)
  • dermatitis gangrenosa (L08.0)
  • dermatitis herpetiformis (L13.0)
  • dry skin dermatitis (L85.3)
  • factitial dermatitis (L98.1)
  • perioral dermatitis (L71.0)
  • radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)
  • stasis dermatitis (I87.2)
Inherited from Chapter 12 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
  • viral warts (B07.-)

Notes

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from L20–L30 Dermatitis and eczema
  • In this block the terms dermatitis and eczema are used synonymously and interchangeably.

More specific codes under L24.A 4