Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 705.82
Fox-Fordyce disease
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 705.82 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 705.82 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 705.82 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM L75.2 Apocrine miliaria
Approximate Synonyms
  • Fox Fordyce disease
Clinical Information
  • A chronic inflammatory skin disorder characterized by pruritic papular eruptions in areas with apocrine glands. It usually affects the axillae bilaterally. There is rupture of the apocrine ducts resulting in inflammation and formation of the papular skin lesions
  • Chronic pruritic disease, usually in women, characterized by small follicular papular eruptions in apocrine glands areas. It is caused by obstruction and rupture of intraepidermal apocrine ducts
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 705.82:
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Fordyce-Fox (apocrine miliaria) 705.82
    • Fox (-Fordyce) (apocrine miliaria) 705.82
  • Fordyce-Fox disease (apocrine miliaria) 705.82
  • Fox's
    • disease (apocrine miliaria) 705.82
  • Fox-Fordyce disease (apocrine miliaria) 705.82
  • Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
    • apocrine gland 705.82
  • Miliaria (crystallina) (rubra) (tropicalis) 705.1
    • apocrine 705.82
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