ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code
L29.8Other pruritus
L29.8 is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself. Choose one of the 2 more specific codes beneath it.
Code last changed in FY2025 (effective October 1, 2024). Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-CM release from CDC/NCHS and CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data
About L29.8
L29.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other pruritus. It belongs to category L29 (pruritus), block L20-L30 (dermatitis and eczema) and chapter 12 (diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.
Within L29, choose L29.8 (Other pruritus) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: ani (L29.0), scroti (L29.1), vulvae (L29.2), Anogenital pruritus, unspecified (L29.3) and unspecified (L29.9).
To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: L29.81 (pruritus) and L29.89 (pruritus).
It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015, and changed in FY2025 (expanded into subcodes).
Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as 698.8 (other specified pruritic conditions).
Specific codes under L29.8
Notes that apply from higher levels
Instructions written at a parent level also apply to L29.8.
› From L29 Pruritus
Broader instructions also apply from L20-L30 Dermatitis and eczema and Chapter 12: Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Converter →- 698.8Other specified pruritic conditionsapproximate
From the CMS 2018 General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs), the final GEMs release.
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- FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
- FY2025 (effective 10/1/2024): Expanded — no longer billable