L51 Erythema multiforme
Non-billable header with 6 child codes.
Excludes1 (never code together)
- staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (L00)
- Ritter's disease (L00)
Use additional code
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
- code to identify associated manifestations, such as:
- arthropathy associated with dermatological disorders (M14.8-)
- conjunctival edema (H11.42)
- conjunctivitis (H10.22-)
- corneal scars and opacities (H17.-)
- corneal ulcer (H16.0-)
- edema of eyelid (H02.84-)
- inflammation of eyelid (H01.8-)
- keratoconjunctivitis sicca (H16.22-)
- mechanical lagophthalmos (H02.22-)
- stomatitis (K12.-)
- symblepharon (H11.23-)
- code to identify percentage of skin exfoliation (L49.-)
Applies from L51 Erythema multiforme
Excludes1 (never code together)
- staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (L00)
- Ritter's disease (L00)
Use additional code
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
- code to identify associated manifestations, such as:
- arthropathy associated with dermatological disorders (M14.8-)
- conjunctival edema (H11.42)
- conjunctivitis (H10.22-)
- corneal scars and opacities (H17.-)
- corneal ulcer (H16.0-)
- edema of eyelid (H02.84-)
- inflammation of eyelid (H01.8-)
- keratoconjunctivitis sicca (H16.22-)
- mechanical lagophthalmos (H02.22-)
- stomatitis (K12.-)
- symblepharon (H11.23-)
- code to identify percentage of skin exfoliation (L49.-)
Codes under L51
L51.0 Nonbullous erythema multiformeL51.1 Stevens-Johnson syndromeL51.2 Toxic epidermal necrolysis [Lyell]L51.3 Stevens-Johnson syndrome-toxic epidermal necrolysis overlap syndromeL51.8 Other erythema multiformeL51.9 Erythema multiforme, unspecified
Code annotations containing back-references to L51
Back-references to L51
- Code First:
M14.8 Arthropathies in other specified diseases classified elsewhere ("erythema multiforme (L51.-)")
Back-references to L51
- Code First:
M14.8 Arthropathies in other specified diseases classified elsewhere ("erythema multiforme (L51.-)")
Nearby codes
L51 Erythema multiforme (this code)L51.0 Nonbullous erythema multiformeL51.1 Stevens-Johnson syndromeL51.2 Toxic epidermal necrolysis [Lyell]L51.3 Stevens-Johnson syndrome-toxic epidermal necrolysis overlap syndromeL51.8 Other erythema multiforme