L53.0

Toxic erythema

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 16 never code together

L53code

Excludes1

Excludes1

Excludes1

Excludes2

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

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 2

Code first

poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4)T36-T65 T36-T65

Use additional code

code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)T36-T50 T36-T50

Index entries leading here 2

Erythema, erythematous (infectional) (inflammation) L53.9
- due to
  - chemical NEC L53.0
- toxic, toxicum NEC L53.0
Eruption
- skin (nonspecific) R21
  - toxic NEC L53.0

Alongside this code 5 same parent — L53

Additional references

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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

Presence is a property of the code. Untick a model to hide it everywhere.

Present FY2024–FY2027.