L50

Non-Billable

ChapterL00–L99

Rankcategory

Official Description

Urticaria

Use a more specific code (9 billable)

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Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)

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.-)

Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)

Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)

allergic contact dermatitis (L23.-)
angioneurotic edema (T78.3)
giant urticaria (T78.3)
hereditary angio-edema (D84.1)
Quincke's edema (T78.3)
serum urticaria (T80.6-)
solar urticaria (L56.3)
urticaria neonatorum (P83.8)
urticaria papulosa (L28.2)
urticaria pigmentosa (D47.01)

BillableHas subcodes

CH12Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)

L49-L54Urticaria and erythema (L49-L54)

L50UrticariaNot billable

L50.0Allergic urticariaBillable

L50.1Idiopathic urticariaBillable

L50.2Urticaria due to cold and heatBillable

L50.3Dermatographic urticariaBillable

L50.4Vibratory urticariaBillable

L50.5Cholinergic urticariaBillable

L50.6Contact urticariaBillable

L50.8Other urticariaBillable

L50.9Urticaria, unspecifiedBillable

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to L50:

Urticaria and erythema (L49-L54)

chapterCH12

Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99)

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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