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L53

Other erythematous conditions

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

  • L53.0 Toxic erythema
  • L53.1 Erythema annulare centrifugum
  • L53.2 Erythema marginatum
  • L53.3 Other chronic figurate erythema
  • L53.8 Other specified erythematous conditions
  • L53.9 Erythematous condition, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other erythematous conditions

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • erythema ab igne (L59.0)
  • erythema due to external agents in contact with skin (L23-L25)
  • erythema intertrigo (L30.4)

Inherited from the L49-L54 section Urticaria and erythema (L49-L54)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • Lyme disease (A69.2-)
  • rosacea (L71.-)