L51.0Billable
Nonbullous erythema multiforme
Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Billable Code
L51.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
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erythema multiforme
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Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
10 items
Excludes2
From L00-L99:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
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- •congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- •endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- •lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
- •neoplasms (C00-D49)
- •symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- •systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- •viral warts (B07.-)
Use Additional Code
14 items
Use Additional Code
From L51:
- •code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
- •code to identify associated manifestations, such as:
- •arthropathy associated with dermatological disorders (M14.8-)
- •conjunctival edema (H11.42)
- •conjunctivitis (H10.22-)
- •corneal scars and opacities (H17.-)
- •corneal ulcer (H16.0-)
- •edema of eyelid (H02.84-)
- •inflammation of eyelid (H01.8)
- •keratoconjunctivitis sicca (H16.22-)
- •mechanical lagophthalmos (H02.22-)
- •stomatitis (K12.-)
- •symblepharon (H11.23-)
- •code to identify percentage of skin exfoliation (L49.-)