L29.9 Pruritus, unspecified

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Itch NOS

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.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 698.9 Unspecified pruritic disorder

Diagnosis Index entries for L29.9

• Pruritus, pruritic (essential)

Nearby codes

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