L57.8

Other skin changes due to chronic exposure to nonionizing radiation

Billable / specific

L57.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Farmer's skin
  • Sailor's skin
  • Solar dermatitis

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from L57)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from L57)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from L57)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from L57)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from L57)
  • lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8) (from L57)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from L57)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from L57)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from L57)
  • viral warts (B07.-) (from L57)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify the source of the ultraviolet radiation (W89), or other nonionizing radiation (W90) (from L57)

Also known as

  • Farmer's skin
  • Sailor's skin
  • Solar dermatitis
  • Atrophia, cutis senilis, due to radiation
  • Atrophia, senilis, dermatological, due to radiation
  • Atrophoderma, atrophodermia, senile, due to radiation
  • Atrophy, atrophic, senile, due to radiation
  • Atrophy, atrophic, skin, due to radiation
  • Change, skin, chronic, due to nonionizing radiation, specified NEC
  • Dermatitis, actinic
  • Dermatitis, due to lightNEC
  • Dermatitis, due to radiation, nonionizing
  • Dermatitis, due to radiation, sun NEC
  • Dermatitis, due to sunshine NEC
  • Dermatitis, due to ultraviolet rays
  • Dermatitis, solare
  • Dermatitis, ultraviolet
  • Dermoid, due to radiation

Parent code

  • L57Skin changes due to chronic exposure to nonionizing radiationHeader

Related codes

  • L57.0Actinic keratosisBillable
  • L57.1Actinic reticuloidBillable
  • L57.2Cutis rhomboidalis nuchaeBillable
  • L57.3Poikiloderma of CivatteBillable
  • L57.4Cutis laxa senilisBillable
  • L57.5Actinic granulomaBillable
  • L57.9Skin changes due to chronic exposure to nonionizing radiation, unspecifiedBillable

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