L56 — Other acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation

Not billable

Is L56 billable?

No — L56 is a non-billable header code. L56 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 8 billable codes beneath L56.

Billable codes under this header

L56 at a glance

Code	L56
Description	Other acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Use additional code

Report an additional code alongside L56 to fully describe the condition. L56 is sequenced first.

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

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 12

The conditions below are not part of L56, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, L56 and the excluded code may both be reported.

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
viral warts (B07.-)

What codes fall under L56? (8)

How long has L56 existed?

L56 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.