L55

Sunburn

Non-billable header

L55 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • 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 L55

  • L55.0Sunburn of first degreeBillable
  • L55.1Sunburn of second degreeBillable
  • L55.2Sunburn of third degreeBillable
  • L55.9Sunburn, unspecifiedBillable

Related codes

  • L56Other acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiationHeader
  • L57Skin changes due to chronic exposure to nonionizing radiationHeader
  • L58RadiodermatitisHeader
  • L59Other disorders of skin and subcutaneous tissue related to radiationHeader

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