2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue 680-709 > Other Inflammatory Conditions Of Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue 690-698 > Contact Dermatitis And Other Eczema 692.* > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 692.79 Other dermatitis due to solar radiation View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 692.79 Photosensitivity; increased sensitivity of the skin to light and other sources of UV. Abnormal responses to sunlight or artificial light due to extreme reactivity of light-absorbing molecules in tissues. It refers almost exclusively to skin photosensitivity, including sunburn, reactions due to repeated prolonged exposure in the absence of photosensitizing factors, and reactions requiring photosensitizing factors such as photosensitizing agents and certain diseases. With restricted reference to skin tissue, it does not include photosensitivity of the eye to light, as in photophobia or photosensitive epilepsy. A vesicular and bullous eruption having a tendency to recur in summer during childhood and commonly appearing on sun-exposed skin. The lesions are surrounded by an erythematous zone and resemble a vaccination. A nonimmunologic, chemically induced type of photosensitivity producing a sometimes vesiculating dermatitis. It results in hyperpigmentation and desquamation of the light-exposed areas of the skin. 692.79 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 692.79 contains 2 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 692.* hierarchy Alternate Terminology Hydroa aestivale Photodermatitis (due to sun) Photosensitiveness (due to sun) Solar skin damage NOS  Index entries containing 692.79: Damage skin, solar 692.79 acute 692.72 chronic 692.74 Dermatitis (allergic) (contact) (occupational) (venenata) 692.9 due to sun 692.70 specified NEC 692.79