Cholestatic pruritus

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2025 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2025 to now.

FY2025 Added to the code set Cholestatic pruritus

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
Pruritus, pruritic > cholestatic

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
L29.89	Other pruritus	Valid