ICD-10-CM › L00-L99 › L20-L30 › L29 Pruritus › L29.8
L29.8
Other pruritus
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:
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 Other pruritus
- FY2025 Stopped being billable
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.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| L29.0 | Pruritus ani | Valid |
| L29.1 | Pruritus scroti | Valid |
| L29.2 | Pruritus vulvae | Valid |
| L29.3 | Anogenital pruritus, unspecified | Valid |
| L29.9 | Pruritus, unspecified | Valid |