ICD-10-CM › V00-Y99 › X30-X39 › X32 Exposure to sunlight › X32.XXXS

X32.XXXS

Exposure to sunlight, sequela

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Exposure to sunlight, sequela

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 X32 Exposure to sunlight

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code X32

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • man-made radiation (tanning bed) (W89)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
X32.XXXA Exposure to sunlight, initial encounter Valid
X32.XXXD Exposure to sunlight, subsequent encounter Valid