ICD-10-CM Codes
L00-L99 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L60-L75 Disorders of skin appendages
L74- Eccrine sweat disorders

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L74

Eccrine sweat disorders

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Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

L74 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM L74 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L74 - other international versions of ICD-10 L74 may differ.

Type 2 Excludes

Type 2 Excludes Help

A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (L74) and the excluded code together.

generalized hyperhidrosis (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R61
Generalized hyperhidrosis
Applicable To
- Excessive sweating
- Night sweats
- Secondary hyperhidrosis
Code First
- , if applicable, menopausal and female climacteric states (N95.1)
Type 1 Excludes
- focal (primary) (secondary) hyperhidrosis (L74.5-)
- Frey's syndrome (L74.52)
- localized (primary) (secondary) hyperhidrosis (L74.5-)
R61
)

The following code(s) above L74 contain annotation back-references

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Code Also annotations, or
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that may be applicable to L74:

L00-L99
2020 ICD-10-CM Range L00-L99
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Type 2 Excludes
- 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.-)
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
L60-L75
2020 ICD-10-CM Range L60-L75
Disorders of skin appendages
Type 1 Excludes
- congenital malformations of integument (Q84.-)
Disorders of skin appendages

Clinical Information

Condition in which there is a deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of the sweat glands, which are sweat-producing structures that are embedded in the dermis.
Diseases of the sweat glands.

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To L74

L72.2 Steatocystoma multiplex

L72.3 Sebaceous cyst

L72.8 Other follicular cysts of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

L72.9 Follicular cyst of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified

L73 Other follicular disorders

L73.0 Acne keloid

L73.1 Pseudofolliculitis barbae

L73.2 Hidradenitis suppurativa

L73.8 Other specified follicular disorders

L73.9 Follicular disorder, unspecified

L74 Eccrine sweat disorders

L74.0 Miliaria rubra

L74.1 Miliaria crystallina

L74.2 Miliaria profunda

L74.3 Miliaria, unspecified

L74.4 Anhidrosis

L74.5 Focal hyperhidrosis

L74.51 Primary focal hyperhidrosis

L74.510 …… axilla

L74.511 …… face

L74.512 …… palms

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L74

Eccrine sweat disorders

Generalized hyperhidrosis

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Disorders of skin appendages