L29.8

Other pruritus

Non-billable header

L29.8 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from L29)

  • Note: In this block the terms dermatitis and eczema are used synonymously and interchangeably.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from L29)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from L29)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from L29)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from L29)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from L29)
  • lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8) (from L29)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from L29)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from L29)
  • systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36) (from L29)
  • viral warts (B07.-) (from L29)
  • chronic (childhood) granulomatous disease (D71-) (from L29)
  • dermatitis gangrenosa (L08.0) (from L29)
  • dermatitis herpetiformis (L13.0) (from L29)
  • dry skin dermatitis (L85.3) (from L29)
  • factitial dermatitis (L98.1) (from L29)
  • perioral dermatitis (L71.0) (from L29)
  • radiation-related disorders of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L55-L59) (from L29)
  • stasis dermatitis (I87.2) (from L29)

Parent code

  • L29PruritusHeader

More specific codes L29.8

  • L29.81Cholestatic pruritusBillable
  • L29.89Other pruritusBillable

Related codes

  • L29.0Pruritus aniBillable
  • L29.1Pruritus scrotiBillable
  • L29.2Pruritus vulvaeBillable
  • L29.3Anogenital pruritus, unspecifiedBillable
  • L29.9Pruritus, unspecifiedBillable

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