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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
Erythema multiforme is a hypersensitivity reaction usually triggered by infections, most commonly [[Herpes simplex virus (HSV)]]. It presents with a skin eruption characterised by a typical target lesion.
*Erythema multiforme (EM) is a specific type of skin reaction to some external agent, characterised by a typical target lesions.
*EM presents as a spectrum
**This code is for EM that is not severe enough to be identified as [[Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (Bullous erythema multiforme)]] or [[Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN)]]


== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
* [[Herpes simplex virus (HSV)]]
*[[Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN)]]
*[[Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (Bullous erythema multiforme)]]


== Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] ==
== Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] ==
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== Related CCI Codes ==
== Related CCI Codes ==
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