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L56

L56: Other acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

L56 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

  • code to identify the source of the ultraviolet radiation (W89, X32)

Other codes that can never be billed with L56

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead L56

8 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.