DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

L29 Pruritus

  • Header · not billable

L29 is not billable. The category heads 7 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 6 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Pruritus, pruritic (essential) → L29.9
  • Itch, itchingwinter → L29.89
  • Itch, itchingperianal → L29.0

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 12 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)
  2. L20-L30 Dermatitis and eczema (L20-L30)
  3. L29 Pruritus
Billable codes
7
Subdivisions
6
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
13

Codes in L29

  1. L29.0
    Pruritus ani
    Billable
  2. L29.1
    Pruritus scroti
    Billable
  3. L29.2
    Pruritus vulvae
    Billable
  4. L29.3
    Anogenital pruritus, unspecified
    Billable
  5. L29.8
    Other pruritus
    Header
  6. L29.81
    Cholestatic pruritus
    Billable
    Use additional code 1, Code also 1

    Use additional code

    • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5) T36 T50

    Code also

    • , if applicable, type of liver disease
  7. L29.89
    Other pruritus
    Billable
  8. L29.9
    Pruritus, unspecified
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Itch NOS

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At L29

Excludes1

  • neurotic excoriation (L98.1) L98.1
  • psychogenic pruritus (F45.8) F45.8

Notes that also apply

Block L20-L30 instructions (Notes 1, Excludes2 8): printed on the block page.

Chapter 12 instructions (Excludes2 10): printed on the chapter 12 page.

Index entries

  • Pruritus, pruritic (essential) → L29.9
  • Itch, itchingperianal → L29.0
  • Pruritus, pruritic (essential)ani, anus → L29.0
  • Pruritus, pruritic (essential)perianal → L29.0
  • Pruritus, pruritic (essential)scroti, scrotum → L29.1
  • Pruritus, pruritic (essential)vulva, vulvae → L29.2
  • Irritationperineum NEC → L29.3
  • Pruritus, pruritic (essential)anogenital → L29.3
  • Pruritus, pruritic (essential)cholestatic → L29.81
  • Itch, itchingwinter → L29.89
  • Pruritus, pruritic (essential)hiemalis → L29.89
  • Pruritus, pruritic (essential)senile, senilis → L29.89
  • Pruritus, pruritic (essential)specified NEC → L29.89

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