A six-month-old patient is seen at the clinic for a routine well-child visit and vaccinations. during the examination the patient has a diaper rash. the physician prescribes an ointment for the rash. what icd-10-cm code (s) is/are reported?

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Gauge Cox

17 October, 13:57

A six-month-old patient is seen at the clinic for a routine well-child visit and vaccinations. during the examination the patient has a diaper rash. the physician prescribes an ointment for the rash. what icd-10-cm code (s) is/are reported?

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In a case of diaper rash, a L22 ICD-10-CM code is reported for the infant, from which further diagnosis and treatment may be carried out. An updated version of the L22 was put into effect starting from the first of October, 2017. Aside from diaper rashes, L22 can also be used to diagnose diaper erythema and psoriasiform diaper rash.