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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
-Erythema multiforme (EM) is a specific type of skin reaction to some external agent, characterised by a typical target lesions.
*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
*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)]]
**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 ==