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FY2027

L25.5 — Unspecified contact dermatitis due to plants, except food

BillableUnspecified

Is L25.5 billable?

Yes, but L25.5 is an unspecified code. L25.5 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. However, L25.5 is an unspecified or catch-all code. Payers apply additional scrutiny to unspecified codes and many deny them when the medical record supports a more specific option, so check the documentation before selecting L25.5 — the more specific alternatives are listed below.

L25.5 at a glance

CodeL25.5
DescriptionUnspecified contact dermatitis due to plants, except food
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does L25.5 group to?

L25.5 sits in MDC 09 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

  • 606Minor Skin Disorders with MCCmedical
  • 607Minor Skin Disorders without MCCmedical

How is L25.5 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to L25.5. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Dermatitis › due to › plants NEC (eczematous)
  • Dermatitis › contact › due to › plants, non-food (eczematous)

Excludes1 — never code together

The conditions below can never be reported together with L25.5 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

Excludes2 — not included here

The conditions below are not part of L25.5, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L25.5 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • allergy NOS due to pollen (J30.1)

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from L25

The conditions below can never be reported together with L25.5 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

  • allergic contact dermatitis (L23.-)
  • allergy NOS (T78.40)
  • dermatitis NOS (L30.9)
  • irritant contact dermatitis (L24.-)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 12

The conditions below are not part of L25.5, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L25.5 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • 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.-)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from L20-L30

The conditions below are not part of L25.5, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L25.5 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • 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)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from L25

The conditions below are not part of L25.5, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L25.5 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • dermatitis due to ingested substances (L27.-)
  • dermatitis of eyelid (H01.1-)
  • eczema of external ear (H60.5-)
  • perioral dermatitis (L71.0)
  • radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)

How long has L25.5 existed?

L25.5 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

Which codes are confused with L25.5?

ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with L25.5 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.

What other codes are in the L25 family? (7)