L27.0
BillableGen skin eruption due to drugs and meds taken internally
Generalized skin eruption due to drugs and medicaments taken internally
Coding Notes
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- 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.-)
- chronic (childhood) granulomatous disease (D71)
- dermatitis gangrenosa (L08.0)
- dermatitis herpetiformis (L13.0)
- dry skin dermatitis (L85.3)
- factitial dermatitis (L98.1)
- perioral dermatitis (L71.0)
- radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)
- stasis dermatitis (I87.2)
- adverse food reaction, except dermatitis (T78.0-T78.1)
- contact dermatitis (L23-L25)
- drug photoallergic response (L56.1)
- drug phototoxic response (L56.0)
- urticaria (L50.-)
Use Additional Code
Additional codes that should follow this code
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Dermatitis medicamentosa28926001
- Drug eruption28926001
- Drug rash28926001
- Drug-induced rash28926001
- Eruption caused by drug28926001
- Generalised skin eruption caused by drug and medicament200892002
- Generalised skin rash caused by drug and medicament200892002
- Generalized skin eruption caused by drug and medicament200892002
- Infectious mononucleosis exanthem238370005
- Exanthematous disorder238812004
- Drug exanthem238813009
- Maculopapular drug eruption238814003
- Infectious mononucleosis ampicillin reaction238815002
- Drug-induced ichthyosiform reaction238997007
- Maculopapular eruption247471006
- Maculopapular exanthema247471006
- Maculopapular rash247471006
- Broad spectrum penicillins adverse reaction292966004
- Ampicillin adverse reaction292968003
- Drug-induced pseudolymphomatous eruption402748000
- Pseudolymphomatous eruption caused by drug402748000
- Pseudolymphomatous rash caused by drug402748000
- Halogen eruption403624005
- Halogen rash403624005
- Halogenoderma403624005
- Retinoid dermatitis403667002
- Eruption of skin caused by anti-retroviral drug713528004
- Eruption of skin caused by antiretroviral drug713528004
- Diffuse rash725119006
- Generalised rash725119006
- Generalized rash725119006
- Injection site eruption860897009
- Injection site rash860897009
- Adverse reaction to ampicillin and/or cloxacillin871504007
- Ampicillin and/or cloxacillin adverse reaction871504007
- Adverse reaction to ampicillin and/or floxacillin876793008
- Adverse reaction to ampicillin and/or flucloxacillin876793008
- Ampicillin and/or floxacillin adverse reaction876793008
- Ampicillin and/or flucloxacillin adverse reaction876793008
- Maculopapular rash caused by fluoroquinolone897046009
- Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis1186997009
- Glandular fever caused by Epstein-Barr virus1186997009
- Infectious mononucleosis caused by Epstein-Barr virus1186997009
- Infectious mononucleosis caused by human herpesvirus 41186997009
- Pfeiffer disease1186997009
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code L27.0?
ICD-10-CM code L27.0 represents "Generalized skin eruption due to drugs and medicaments taken internally". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is L27.0 a billable code?
Yes, L27.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is L27.0 in?
L27.0 is in Chapter 12: Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (codes L00-L99).
What codes cannot be used with L27.0?
L27.0 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: allergy NOS (T78.40).
Are additional codes required with L27.0?
Yes, when using L27.0 you should also code: code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5).
What SNOMED CT codes does L27.0 map to?
L27.0 maps to 21 SNOMED CT concepts: 871504007, 876793008, 292968003, 292966004, 28926001, and 16 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for L27.0?
L27.0 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2888173. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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