DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

L55 Sunburn

  • Header · not billable

L55 is not billable. The category heads 4 billable codes in FY2027: the 4 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Sunburn → L55.9
  • Heat (effects)burn → L55.9
  • Sunburnfirst degree → L55.0

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 12 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
  2. L55-L59 Radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)
  3. L55 Sunburn
Billable codes
4
Subdivisions
4
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
6

Codes in L55

  1. L55.0
    Sunburn of first degree
    Billable
  2. L55.1
    Sunburn of second degree
    Billable
  3. L55.2
    Sunburn of third degree
    Billable
  4. L55.9
    Sunburn, unspecified
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

Chapter 12 instructions (Excludes2 10): printed on the chapter 12 page.

Index entries

  • Sunburn → L55.9
  • Erythema, erythematous (infectional) (inflammation)solare → L55.0
  • Sunburnfirst degree → L55.0
  • Sunburnsecond degree → L55.1
  • Sunburnthird degree → L55.2
  • Heat (effects)burn → L55.9

NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.

Hierarchy