L75.2

Applicable To

• Fox-Fordyce disease

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.

Details

• L75.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM L75.2 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of L75.2 – other international versions of ICD-10 L75.2 may differ.