ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L49-L54 › L53 Other erythematous conditions › L53.2
Erythema marginatum
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Erythema marginatum
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.
Inherited from L53 Other erythematous conditions
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.-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Erythroderma
- Disorder > erythematous
- Erythema, erythematous > marginatum
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| L53.0 | Toxic erythema | Valid |
| L53.1 | Erythema annulare centrifugum | Valid |
| L53.3 | Other chronic figurate erythema | Valid |
| L53.8 | Other specified erythematous conditions | Valid |
| L53.9 | Erythematous condition, unspecified | Valid |