L51.1

L51.1: Stevens-Johnson syndrome

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L51.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for stevens-johnson syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check L51.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L51.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on L51: Erythema multiforme

staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (L00)
Ritter's disease (L00)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

L51.1 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56786Billing and Coding: Immune Globulin
A57554Billing and Coding: Immune Globulins
A57778Billing and Coding: Immune Globulin
A59105Billing and Coding: Off-Label Use of Intravenous Immune Globulin (IVIG)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Ectodermosis erosiva pluriorificialis
Stevens-Johnson disease or syndrome
Syndrome›Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Erythema, erythematous›multiforme›bullous, bullosum
Erythema, erythematous›multiforme›conjunctiva

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.