L29
Pruritus
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
L29 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for pruritus. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are L29.0 Pruritus ani; L29.1 Pruritus scroti; L29.2 Pruritus vulvae; L29.3 Anogenital pruritus, unspecified and 2 more. Its coding notes include 2 Excludes1 entries and 18 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (18 notes)
Inherited from L20–L30 Dermatitis and eczema
Inherited from Chapter 12 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- lipomelanotic reticulosis (I89.8)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- systemic connective tissue disorders (M30-M36)
- viral warts (B07.-)
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from L20–L30 Dermatitis and eczema
- In this block the terms dermatitis and eczema are used synonymously and interchangeably.