ICD-10-CM Codes
L00-L99
L55-L59
Sunburn L55

Sunburn L55-

Clinical Information

An injury to the skin causing erythema, tenderness, and sometimes blistering and resulting from excessive exposure to the sun. The reaction is produced by the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight.
Injury to the skin, with erythema, tenderness, and in some extreme cases blistering, following excessive exposure to sunlight; produced by ultraviolet rays not filtered out by clouds or water.

Codes

L55 Sunburn
- L55.0 Sunburn of first degree
- L55.1 Sunburn of second degree
- L55.2 Sunburn of third degree
- L55.9 Sunburn, unspecified