Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 692.9
Contact dermatitis and other eczema, unspecified cause
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 692.9 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 692.9 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: 692.9 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM L25.9 Unspecified contact dermatitis, unspecified cause
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acute constitutional eczema
  • Acute constitutional hand eczema
  • Acute contact dermatitis
  • Acute dermatitis
  • Acute eczema
  • Acute hand eczema
  • Acute irritant contact dermatitis
  • Acute vesicular dermatitis
  • Acute vesicular eczema of hand
  • Acute vesicular eczema of hands and/or feet
  • Acute-on-chronic vesicular eczema of feet
  • Acute-on-chronic vesicular eczema of hands
  • Acute-on-chronic vesicular eczema of hands AND feet
  • Acute-on-chronic vesicular eczema of hands and/or feet
  • Allergic contact dermatitis
  • Allergic contact dermatitis due to excretions
  • Allergic contact dermatitis due to secretions
  • Allergic contact dermatitis of external auditory canal
  • Allergic contact dermatitis of eyelid
  • Allergic contact dermatitis of female genitalia
  • Allergic contact dermatitis of hands
  • Allergic contact dermatitis of lower leg
  • Allergic contact dermatitis of male genitalia
  • Allergic contact dermatitis of perianal skin
  • Allergic contact dermatitis of pinna
  • Allergic dermatitis due to bite of Ctenocephalides felis
  • Allergic disorder of skin
  • Allergic inhalant dermatitis
  • Apron pattern of vesicular eczema of hands
  • Atopy as co-factor in hand eczema
  • Beard wart
  • Bilat ear canal dermatitis
  • Bilateral dermatitis of external auditory canals
  • Both sides ear canal dermatitis
  • Chronic constitutional eczema
  • Chronic constitutional hand eczema
  • Chronic contact dermatitis
  • Chronic dermatitis
  • Chronic eczema
  • Chronic eczema of external auditory canal
  • Chronic generalized exfoliative dermatitis
  • Chronic hand eczema
  • Chronic irritant contact dermatitis
  • Chronic papillomatous dermatitis due to incontinence
  • Chronic relapsing vesiculosquamous hand eczema
  • Chronic superficial scaly dermatitis
  • Chronic vesicular eczema of hands
  • Chronic vesicular eczema of hands AND feet
  • Chronic vesicular eczema of hands and/or feet
  • Constitutional discoid hand eczema
  • Constitutional eczema
  • Constitutional eczema of feet
  • Constitutional eczema of hands
  • Constitutional eczema of hands and feet
  • Constitutional factors as co-factor in hand eczema
  • Constitutional fingertip eczema
  • Constitutional predisposition as co-factor in eczema
  • Constitutional/endogenous eczema of hands and/or feet
  • Contact dermatitis
  • Contact hand eczema
  • Contact mucous membrane inflammation
  • Contact with irritant as co-factor in eczema
  • Contact with irritant as co-factor in hand eczema
  • Crusted eczema
  • Cumulative irritant contact dermatitis
  • Cumulative irritant contact dermatitis of hands
  • Cumulative irritant contact dermatitis of hands due to wet work
  • Dermatitis
  • Dermatitis due to drug induced diabetes mellitus
  • Dermatitis due to sweating and friction
  • Dermatitis due to type 1 diabetes mellitus
  • Dermatitis of external auditory canal
  • Dermatitis of external ear
  • Dermatitis of hand
  • Dermatitis, acute
  • Dermatosis associated with biotin deficiency
  • Dermatosis due to therapeutic ionizing irradiation
  • Dermatosis in a child
  • Dermatosis of lower limb due to disorder of leg veins
  • Dermatosis of menopause
  • Desiccation eczema
  • Diabetes type 1 with diabetic dermatitis
  • Diffuse dermatitis
  • Discoid eczema of hand
  • Discoid eczema of hands and feet
  • Disseminated secondary eczema
  • DM 1 w diabetic dermatitis
  • Drug induced diabetes with diabetic dermatitis
  • Drug induced DM w diabetic dermatitis
  • Dry discoid eczema
  • Dry eczema
  • Dry skin dermatitis
  • Eczema
  • Eczema craquel� due to acute edema
  • Eczema of finger
  • Eczema of nipple
  • Eczema, nonallergic
  • Eczema, nummular
  • Eczematous cheilitis
  • Eczematous drug eruption
  • Erythrodermic eczema
  • Exacerbation of eczema
  • Excoriated eczema
  • Exogenous eczema of hands and/or feet
  • Exogenous foot eczema
  • Exogenous hand eczema
  • Exposure to skin irritant as co-factor in eczema
  • Exudative discoid eczema
  • Exudative eczema
  • Facial eczema
  • Feces-induced contact dermatitis
  • Fibrosing dermatitis
  • Fingertip eczema
  • Fire coral dermatitis
  • Fistula dermatitis
  • Foot eczema
  • Friction eczema
  • Friction palmar eczema
  • Generalized eczema
  • Generalized eczema due to systemically administered drug
  • Generalized exfoliative contact dermatitis
  • Hand and/or foot eczema
  • Hand dermatitis
  • Hand eczema
  • Herpes zoster dermatitis
  • Histologic type of inflammatory skin disorder
  • Hyperkeratotic eczema of hands and feet
  • Hyperkeratotic eczema of hands and/or feet
  • Hyperkeratotic eczema of palms
  • Hyperkeratotic eczema of soles
  • Hyperkeratotic fissured hand eczema
  • Infected discoid eczema
  • Injection site dermatitis
  • Interface dermatitis
  • Interface dermatitis, lichenoid type
  • Interface dermatitis, vacuolar type
  • Intrabasal vesicular dermatitis
  • Irritant contact dermatitis
  • Irritant contact dermatitis due to biocide
  • Irritant contact dermatitis due to cement
  • Irritant contact dermatitis due to chlorine
  • Irritant contact dermatitis due to contact with urine and/or feces
  • Irritant contact dermatitis due to detergent and/or wet work
  • Irritant contact dermatitis due to ileostomy
  • Irritant contact dermatitis due to incontinence
  • Irritant contact dermatitis due to metal swarf
  • Irritant contact dermatitis due to stoma and/or fistula
  • Irritant contact dermatitis of hands due to cement
  • Irritant contact dermatitis of hands due to friction
  • Irritant contact hand eczema
  • Lanolin contact dermatitis
  • Left dermatitis of external auditory canal
  • Left ear canal dermatitis
  • Lichenified eczema
  • Lichenoid allergic contact dermatitis
  • Lichenoid dermatitis
  • Nodular dermatitis
  • Nonallergic eczema
  • Nummular eczema
  • Occupational allergic contact dermatitis
  • Occupational dermatitis
  • Occupational eczema
  • Occupational irritant contact dermatitis
  • Papular dermatitis of pregnancy
  • Papular eczema with elimination of papillary edema
  • Perianal dermatitis
  • Periocular dermatitis
  • Platinosis
  • Podopompholyx
  • Post-traumatic eczema
  • Premenstrual exacerbation of dermatosis
  • Prurigo pattern atopic dermatitis
  • Psoriasiform eczema
  • Psoriasis-eczema overlap condition
  • Retinoid dermatitis
  • Rheumatoid neutrophilic dermatitis
  • Right dermatitis of external auditory canal
  • Right ear canal dermatitis
  • Ring dermatitis
  • Saliva-induced contact dermatitis
  • Scaling eczema
  • Secondary eczematous condition
  • Site-specific eczema
  • Skin: type 3 delayed reaction
  • Spider mite dermatitis
  • Sponge dermatitis
  • Spongiotic dermatitis
  • Spongiotic vesicular dermatitis
  • Subacute contact dermatitis
  • Subacute dermatitis
  • Subacute generalized exfoliative dermatitis
  • Subacute irritant contact dermatitis
  • Superficial AND deep perivascular dermatitis
  • Superficial perivascular dermatitis
  • Toxicodermatitis
  • Trefoil dermatitis
  • Unclassifiable eczema
  • Varicose veins of the leg with eczema
  • Varicose veins of the leg with ulcer and eczema
  • Vesicular eczema
  • Vesicular eczema of hands and/or feet
  • Vesicular hand eczema
  • Vesiculosquamous hand eczema
  • Vulval eczema
Clinical Information
  • Inflammation of the skin
  • Pruritic papulovesicular dermatitis occurring as a reaction to many endogenous and exogenous agents
  • Type of acute or chronic skin reaction in which sensitivity is manifested by reactivity to materials or substances coming in contact with the skin; may involve allergic or non-allergic mechanisms
Applies To
  • Dermatitis:
    • NOS
    • contact NOS
    • venenata NOS
  • Eczema NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 692.9:
  • Allergy, allergic (reaction) 995.3
    • skin reaction 692.9
      • specified substance - see Dermatitis, due to
  • Dermatitis (allergic) (contact) (occupational) (venenata) 692.9
    • acneiform 692.9
    • ambustionis
      • due to
        • burn or scald - see Burn, by site
        • sunburn (see also Sunburn) 692.71
    • anaphylactoid NEC 692.9
    • autoimmune progesterone 279.49
    • calorica
      • due to
        • burn or scald - see Burn, by site
        • cold 692.89
        • sunburn (see also Sunburn) 692.71
    • combustionis
      • due to
        • burn or scald - see Burn, by site
        • sunburn (see also Sunburn) 692.71
    • due to
      • acetone 692.2
      • acids 692.4
      • adhesive plaster 692.4
      • alcohol (skin contact) (substances classifiable to 980.0-980.9) 692.4
      • alkalis 692.4
      • allergy NEC 692.9
      • ammonia (household) (liquid) 692.4
      • animal
      • arnica 692.3
      • arsenic 692.4
      • blister beetle 692.89
      • cantharides 692.3
      • carbon disulphide 692.2
      • caterpillar 692.89
      • caustics 692.4
      • cereal (ingested) 693.1
      • chemical(s) NEC 692.4
      • chlorocompounds 692.2
      • coffee (ingested) 693.1
      • cold weather 692.89
      • cosmetics 692.81
      • cyclohexanes 692.2
      • dander, animal (cat) (dog) 692.84
      • deodorant 692.81
      • detergents 692.0
      • dichromate 692.4
      • drugs and medicinals (correct substance properly administered) (internal use) 693.0
        • external (in contact with skin) 692.3
          • wrong substance given or taken 976.9
            • specified substance - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
        • wrong substance given or taken 977.9
          • specified substance - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
      • dyes 692.89
      • epidermophytosis - see Dermatophytosis
      • esters 692.2
      • external irritant NEC 692.9
      • eye shadow 692.81
      • fish (ingested) 693.1
      • flour (ingested) 693.1
      • food (ingested) 693.1
        • in contact with skin 692.5
      • fruit (ingested) 693.1
      • fungicides 692.3
      • furs 692.84
      • glycols 692.2
      • greases NEC 692.1
      • hair, animal (cat) (dog) 692.84
      • hair dyes 692.89
      • hot
        • objects and materials - see Burn, by site
        • weather or places 692.89
      • hydrocarbons 692.2
      • infrared rays, except from sun 692.82
        • solar NEC (see also Dermatitis, due to, sun) 692.70
      • ingested substance 693.9
        • drugs and medicinals (see also Dermatitis, due to, drugs and medicinals) 693.0
        • food 693.1
        • specified substance NEC 693.8
      • ingestion or injection of
        • chemical 693.8
        • drug (correct substance properly administered) 693.0
          • wrong substance given or taken 977.9
            • specified substance - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
      • insecticides 692.4
      • internal agent 693.9
        • drugs and medicinals (see also Dermatitis, due to, drugs and medicinals) 693.0
        • food (ingested) 693.1
          • in contact with skin 692.5
        • specified agent NEC 693.8
      • iodine 692.3
      • iodoform 692.3
      • irradiation 692.82
      • jewelry 692.83
      • keratolytics 692.3
      • ketones 692.2
      • lacquer tree (Rhus verniciflua) 692.6
      • light (sun) NEC (see also Dermatitis, due to, sun) 692.70
      • low temperature 692.89
      • mascara 692.81
      • meat (ingested) 693.1
      • mercury, mercurials 692.3
      • metals 692.83
      • milk (ingested) 693.1
      • Neomycin 692.3
      • nylon 692.4
      • oils NEC 692.1
      • paint solvent 692.2
      • pediculocides 692.3
      • petroleum products (substances classifiable to 981) 692.4
      • phenol 692.3
      • photosensitiveness, photosensitivity (sun) 692.72
      • plants NEC 692.6
      • plasters, medicated (any) 692.3
      • plastic 692.4
      • poison
        • ivy (Rhus toxicodendron) 692.6
        • oak (Rhus diversiloba) 692.6
        • plant or vine 692.6
        • sumac (Rhus venenata) 692.6
        • vine (Rhus radicans) 692.6
      • preservatives 692.89
      • primrose (primula) 692.6
      • primula 692.6
      • radiation 692.82
        • sun NEC (see also Dermatitis, due to, sun) 692.70
        • tanning bed 692.82
      • radioactive substance 692.82
      • radium 692.82
      • ragweed (Senecio jacobae) 692.6
      • Rhus (diversiloba) (radicans) (toxicodendron) (venenata) (verniciflua) 692.6
      • rubber 692.4
      • scabicides 692.3
      • Senecio jacobae 692.6
      • solar radiation - see Dermatitis, due to, sun
      • solvents (any) (substances classifiable to (982.0-982.8) 692.2
      • specified agent NEC 692.89
      • sun 692.70
      • sunburn (see also Sunburn) 692.71
      • sunshine NEC (see also Dermatitis, due to, sun) 692.70
      • tanning bed 692.82
      • tetrachlorethylene 692.2
      • toluene 692.2
      • topical medications 692.3
      • turpentine 692.2
      • ultraviolet rays, except from sun 692.82
        • sun NEC (see also Dermatitis, due to, sun) 692.70
      • vaccine or vaccination (correct substance properly administered) 693.0
        • wrong substance given or taken
          • bacterial vaccine 978.8
            • specified - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
          • other vaccines NEC 979.9
            • specified - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
      • varicose veins (see also Varicose, vein, inflamed or infected) 454.1
      • x-rays 692.82
    • eczematoid NEC 692.9
    • eczematous NEC 692.9
    • escharotica - see Burn, by site
    • gangrenosa, gangrenous (infantum) (see also Gangrene) 785.4
    • herpetiformis (bullous) (erythematous) (pustular) (vesicular) 694.0
    • impetiginous 684
    • infantile (acute) (chronic) (intertriginous) (intrinsic) (seborrheic) 690.12
    • infectiosa eczematoides 690.8
    • infectious (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) 686.9
    • infective eczematoid 690.8
    • Jacquet's (diaper dermatitis) 691.0
    • lichenified NEC 692.9
    • lichenoides purpurica pigmentosa 709.1
    • medicamentosa (correct substance properly administered) (internal use) (see also Dermatitis, due to, drugs or medicinals) 693.0
      • due to contact with skin 692.3
    • nummular NEC 692.9
    • osteatosis, osteatotic 706.8
    • papillaris capillitii 706.1
    • pigmented purpuric lichenoid 709.1
    • polymorpha dolorosa 694.0
    • primary irritant 692.9
    • pruritic NEC 692.9
    • psoriasiform nodularis 696.2
    • psychogenic 316
    • pustular contagious 051.2
    • Schamberg's (progressive pigmentary dermatosis) 709.09
    • sensitization NEC 692.9
    • solar, solare NEC (see also Dermatitis, due to, sun) 692.70
    • stasis 454.1
      • due to
        • postphlebitic syndrome 459.12
        • varicose veins - see Varicose
      • ulcerated or with ulcer (varicose) 454.2
    • sunburn (see also Sunburn) 692.71
    • ultraviolet, except from sun 692.82
      • due to sun NEC (see also Dermatitis, due to, sun) 692.70
  • Dermatosis 709.9
    • occupational (see also Dermatitis) 692.9
  • Eczema (acute) (allergic) (chronic) (erythematous) (fissum) (occupational) (rubrum) (squamous) 692.9
    • contact NEC 692.9
    • dermatitis NEC 692.9
    • due to specified cause - see Dermatitis, due to
    • hypostatic - see Varicose, vein
    • impetiginous 684
    • infantile (acute) (chronic) (due to any substance) (intertriginous) (seborrheic) 690.12
    • intertriginous NEC 692.9
    • lichenified NEC 692.9
    • nummular 692.9
    • vaccination, vaccinatum 999.0
    • varicose (lower extremity) - see Varicose, vein
    • verrucosum callosum 698.3
  • Salt-rheum (see also Eczema) 692.9
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