Other specified acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation
Billable / specific
L56.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from L56)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from L56)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from L56)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from L56)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from L56)
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8) (from L56)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from L56)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from L56)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from L56)
- viral warts (B07.-) (from L56)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Change, skin, acute, due to ultraviolet radiation, specified NEC
- Cheilitis, actinic
- Dermatitis, due to lightNEC, acute
- Dermatitis, due to sunshine NEC, acute
- Dermatitis, due to ultraviolet rays, acute
- Dermatitis, ultraviolet, acute
- Effect, adverse, ultravioletNOS, dermatitis or eczema, acute
- Photodermatitis
- Photodermatitis, due to drug
- Photosensitivity, photosensitizationskin
- Sunburn, due to tanning bed
- Sunburn, due to ultraviolet radiation
Parent code
- L56Other acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiationHeader
Related codes
- 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
- L56.9Acute skin change due to ultraviolet radiation, unspecifiedBillable