ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L20-L30 › L29 Pruritus › L29.3
Anogenital pruritus, unspecified
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Anogenital pruritus, unspecified
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from L29 Pruritus
Excludes1 - never coded here
- neurotic excoriation (L98.1)
- psychogenic pruritus (F45.8)
Inherited from the L20-L30 section Dermatitis and eczema (L20-L30)
Excludes2 - not included here
- chronic (childhood) granulomatous disease (D71-)
- dermatitis gangrenosa (L08.0)
- dermatitis herpetiformis (L13.0)
- dry skin dermatitis (L85.3)
- factitial dermatitis (L98.1)
- perioral dermatitis (L71.0)
- radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59)
- stasis dermatitis (I87.2)
Note
- In this block the terms dermatitis and eczema are used synonymously and interchangeably.
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Itch, itching
- Irritation > perineum NEC
- Pruritus, pruritic > anogenital
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| L29.0 | Pruritus ani | Valid |
| L29.1 | Pruritus scroti | Valid |
| L29.2 | Pruritus vulvae | Valid |
| L29.8 | Other pruritus | Not billable |
| L29.9 | Pruritus, unspecified | Valid |