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L56 - Other acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation

ICD-10-CM Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue · L55-L59 Radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

L56 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 8 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Use Additional CodeFrom L56

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • code to identify the source of the ultraviolet radiation (W89, X32)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter L00-L99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • 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.-)

More Specific Codes (8)

L56.0Drug phototoxic response→L56.1Drug photoallergic response→L56.2Photocontact dermatitis [berloque dermatitis]→L56.3Solar urticaria→L56.4Polymorphous light eruption→L56.5Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis (DSAP)→L56.8Other specified acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation→L56.9Acute skin change due to ultraviolet radiation, unspecified→

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