L57.8
L57.8: Other skin changes due to chronic exposure to nonionizing radiation
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
L57.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other skin changes due to chronic exposure to nonionizing radiation. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check L57.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Farmer's skin
- Sailor's skin
- Solar dermatitis
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
L57.8 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56346Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign and Malignant Skin Lesions
- A57113Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Sailors' skin
- Dermatitis›actinic(due to sun)
- Dermatitis›solare
- Dermatitis›ultraviolet(sun) (chronic exposure)
- Dermoid›due to radiation(nonionizing)
- Elastosis›actinic, solar
- Farmer's›skin
- Milium›colloid
- Photodermatitis›chronic
- Weather, weathered›skin
- Atrophia›cutis senilis›due to radiation
- Atrophoderma, atrophodermia›senile›due to radiation(nonionizing) (solar)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.