ICD-10-CM · Chapter 12 · L00–L99
L56.0
Drug phototoxic response
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Quick facts
- Code
- L56.0
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 12 — Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Category
- L56 — Other acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM L56.0 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of drug phototoxic response. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in L56
- L56Other acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation
- 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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