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D72.12

D72.12: Drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

D72.12 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • DRESS syndrome

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above D72.12

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on D72: Other disorders of white blood cells

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above D72.12

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on D72.1: Eosinophilia

  • Löffler's syndrome (J82.89)
  • pulmonary eosinophilia (J82.-)

Written on D72: Other disorders of white blood cells

  • neutropenia (D70)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

D72.12 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A56464Billing and Coding: Flow Cytometry
  • A57689Billing and Coding: Lab: Flow Cytometry

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Syndrome›DRESS(drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms)
  • Syndrome›drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms(DRESS)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under D72.1

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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