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L56.0 - Drug phototoxic response


The ICD 10 Code for Drug phototoxic response is listed as L56.0.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: L56.0
Description: Drug phototoxic response
  • Use additional code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
606 - Minor Skin Disorders W Mcc
607 - Minor Skin Disorders W/o Mcc
Chapter Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
Block Radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)
Parent L56 - Other acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 692.72 - Acute dermatitis due to solar radiation (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of L56.0:
L56.1 - Drug photoallergic response
L56.2 - Photocontact dermatitis [berloque dermatitis]
L56.3 - Solar urticaria
L56.4 - Polymorphous light eruption
L56.5 - Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis (DSAP)
L56.8 - Other specified acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation
L56.9 - Acute skin change due to ultraviolet radiation, unspecified