L25.4
Unspecified contact dermatitis due to food in contact with skin
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 7 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 28 never code together
L25code
Excludes1
L20-L30block
Excludes2
- chronic (childhood) granulomatous disease (D71-)D71-
- dermatitis gangrenosa (L08.0)L08.0
- dermatitis herpetiformis (L13.0)L13.0
- dry skin dermatitis (L85.3)L85.3
- factitial dermatitis (L98.1)L98.1
- perioral dermatitis (L71.0)L71.0
- radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)L55-L59
- stasis dermatitis (I87.2)I87.2
L00-L99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)I89.8
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)M30-M36
- viral warts (B07.-)B07.-
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 1
L20-L30block
Notes
- In this block the terms dermatitis and eczema are used synonymously and interchangeably.
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 7 same parent — L25
L25.0 Unspecified contact dermatitis due to cosmetics L25.1 Unsp contact dermatitis due to drugs in contact with skin L25.2 Unspecified contact dermatitis due to dyes L25.3 Unsp contact dermatitis due to other chemical products L25.5 Unspecified contact dermatitis due to plants, except food L25.8 Unspecified contact dermatitis due to other agents L25.9 Unspecified contact dermatitis, unspecified cause
Medications 2
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
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