705.1 PRICKLY HEAT


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 705.1

Short Description: Prickly heat

Long Description: Prickly heat

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (680–709)
    • Other diseases of skin and subcutaneous tissue (700-709)
      • 705 Disorders of sweat glands
        • 705.1 Prickly heat

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 705.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Asthenia, asthenic 780.79
    • tropical anhidrotic 705.1
  • Heat (effects) 992.9
    • prickly 705.1
    • rash 705.1
  • Miliaria (crystallina) (rubra) (tropicalis) 705.1
    • apocrine 705.82
  • Prickly heat 705.1
  • Rash 782.1
    • heat 705.1
  • Sudamen 705.1
  • Sudamina 705.1
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • sweat retention 705.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 705.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
705.1 Right Arrow L74.0 Miliaria rubra
L74.1 Miliaria crystallina
L74.2 Miliaria profunda
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
705.0 Anhidrosis
705.21 Primary focal hyperhidrosis
705.22 Secondary focal hyperhidrosis
705.81 Dyshidrosis
705.82 Fox-Fordyce disease
705.83 Hidradenitis
705.89 Other specified disorders of sweat glands
705.9 Unspecified disorder of sweat glands


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