OTHER INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS OF SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE (690-698)
Excludes:
panniculitis (729.30-729.39)
695 Erythematous conditions
Erythema venenatum
Use additional code to identify associated manifestations, such as:
arthropathy associated with dermatological disorders (713.3)
conjunctival edema (372.73)
conjunctivitis (372.04, 372.33)
corneal scars and opacities (371.00-371.05)
corneal ulcer (370.00-370.07)
edema of eyelid (374.82)
inflammation of eyelid (373.8)
keratoconjunctivitis sicca (370.33)
mechanical lagophthalmos (374.22)
mucositis (478.11, 528.00, 538, 616.81)
stomatitis (528.00)
symblepharon (372.63)
Use additional E code to identify drug, if drug-induced
Use additional code to identify percentage of skin exfoliation (695.50-695.59)
Excludes:
(staphylococcal) scalded skin syndrome (695.81)
Excludes:
tuberculous erythema nodosum (017.1)
Acne:
erythematosa
rosacea
Perioral dermatitis
Rhinophyma
Lupus:
erythematodes (discoid)
erythematosus (discoid), not disseminated
Excludes:
lupus (vulgaris) NOS (017.0)
systemic [disseminated] lupus erythematosus (710.0)
Code first erythematous condition causing exfoliation, such as:
Ritter's disease (695.81)
(Staphylococcal) scalded skin syndrome (695.81)
Stevens-Johnson syndrome (695.13)
Stevens-Johnson syndrome-toxic epidermal necrolysis overlap syndrome (695.14)
toxic epidermal necrolysis (695.15)
Erythema NOS
Erythroderma (secondary)

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