L29.81 Cholestatic pruritus

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Use additional code

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

Code also

• , if applicable, type of liver disease

Applies from L29 Pruritus

Excludes1 (never code together)

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

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 606-607 in MDC 09.

Diagnosis Index entries for L29.81

• Pruritus, pruritic (essential) › cholestatic

Nearby codes

• L29.0 Pruritus ani
• L29.1 Pruritus scroti
• L29.2 Pruritus vulvae
• L29.3 Anogenital pruritus, unspecified
• L29.8 Other pruritus
• L29.81 Cholestatic pruritus (this code)
• L29.89 Other pruritus
• L29.9 Pruritus, unspecified