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Category · FY2027

L56 Other acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation

  • Header · not billable

L56 is not billable. The category heads 8 billable codes in FY2027: the 8 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • DSAP → L56.5
  • Photodermatitis (sun) → L56.8
  • Berlock (berloque) dermatitis → L56.2

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. L56 Other acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation
Billable codes
8
Subdivisions
8
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
30

Codes in L56

  1. L56.0
    Drug phototoxic response
    Billable
    Use additional code 1

    Use additional code

    • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5) T36 T50
  2. L56.1
    Drug photoallergic response
    Billable
    Use additional code 1

    Use additional code

    • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5) T36 T50
  3. L56.2
    Photocontact dermatitis [berloque dermatitis]
    Billable
  4. L56.3
    Solar urticaria
    Billable
  5. L56.4
    Polymorphous light eruption
    Billable
  6. L56.5
    Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis (DSAP)
    Billable
  7. L56.8
    Other specified acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation
    Billable
  8. L56.9
    Acute skin change due to ultraviolet radiation, unspecified
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At L56

Use additional code

  • code to identify the source of the ultraviolet radiation (W89, X32) W89 X32

Notes that also apply

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

Index entries

  • Berlock (berloque) dermatitis → L56.2
  • DSAP → L56.5
  • Photodermatitis (sun) → L56.8
  • Photosensitivity, photosensitization (sun) skin → L56.8
  • Response (drug)phototoxic → L56.0
  • Response (drug)photoallergic → L56.1
  • Dermatitis (eczematous)berlock, berloque → L56.2
  • Dermatitis (eczematous)photocontact → L56.2
  • Urticariasolar → L56.3
  • EruptionHutchinson, summer → L56.4
  • Eruptionpolymorphous light (sun) → L56.4
  • Hydroaaestivale → L56.4
  • Hydroavacciniforme → L56.4
  • Prurigo (ferox) (gravis) (Hebrae) (Hebra's) (mitis) (simplex)estivalis → L56.4
  • Cheilitis (acute) (angular) (catarrhal) (chronic) (exfoliative) (gangrenous) (glandular) (infectional) (suppurative) (ulcerative) (vesicular)actinic (due to sun) → L56.8
  • Photodermatitis (sun)due to drug → L56.8
  • Reactiondrug NECphototoxic → L56.0
  • Reactiondrug NECphotoallergic → L56.1
  • Hutchinson'sdisease, meaningprurigo estivalis → L56.4
  • Hutchinson'sdisease, meaningsummer eruption or summer prurigo → L56.4
  • Dermatitis (eczematous)ultraviolet (sun) (chronic exposure)acute → L56.8
  • Sunburndue totanning bed (acute) → L56.8
  • Sunburndue toultraviolet radiation (acute) → L56.8
  • Change(s) (in) (of)skinacute, due to ultraviolet radiation → L56.9
  • Change(s) (in) (of)skinacute, due to ultraviolet radiationspecified NEC → L56.8
  • Dermatitis (eczematous)due tolight (sun) NECacute → L56.8
  • Dermatitis (eczematous)due tosunshine NECacute → L56.8
  • Dermatitis (eczematous)due toultraviolet rays (sun NEC) (chronic exposure)acute → L56.8
  • Effect, adverseultraviolet (radiation) (rays) NOSdermatitis or eczemaacute → L56.8
  • Dermatitis (eczematous)due toradiationsun NECacute → L56.8

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