ICD-10-CM · Chapter 12 · L00–L99
L56.8
Other specified acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Quick facts
- Code
- L56.8
- 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 L56.8 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of other specified acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation. 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
- L56.0Drug phototoxic response
- L56.1Drug photoallergic response
- L56.2Photocontact dermatitis [berloque dermatitis]
- L56.3Solar urticaria
- L56.4Polymorphous light eruption
- L56.5Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis (DSAP)
- L56.9Acute skin change due to ultraviolet radiation, unspecified
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