L51.9Billable
Erythema multiforme, unspecified
Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
Inclusion Terms
4 items
Inclusion Terms
- •Erythema iris
- •Erythema multiforme major NOS
- •Erythema multiforme minor NOS
- •Herpes iris
Billable Code
L51.9 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
View documentation for erythema multiforme
erythema multiforme
View TemplatesErythema Multiforme
View documentation for maculopapular rash
maculopapular rash
View TemplatesMaculopapular Eruption
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.-)