L56.2
Photocontact dermatitis [berloque dermatitis]
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 10 never code together
L00-L99chapter
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.-
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 1
Index entries leading here 2
Alongside this code 7 same parent — L56
L56.0 Drug phototoxic response L56.1 Drug photoallergic response L56.3 Solar urticaria L56.4 Polymorphous light eruption L56.5 Disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis (DSAP) L56.8 Oth acute skin changes due to ultraviolet radiation L56.9 Acute skin change due to ultraviolet radiation, unspecified
Additional references
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