Erythema multiforme: Difference between revisions
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*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)]] | **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)]] | ||
or [[Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN)]] | |||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||