Other acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation
Non-billable header
L56 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.-)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
More specific codes L56
- L56.0Drug phototoxic responseBillable
- L56.1Drug photoallergic responseBillable
- L56.2Photocontact dermatitis [berloque dermatitis]Billable
- L56.3Solar urticariaBillable
- L56.4Polymorphous light eruptionBillable
- L56.5Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis (DSAP)Billable
- L56.8Other specified acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiationBillable
- L56.9Acute skin change due to ultraviolet radiation, unspecifiedBillable