ICD-10 codes for Urticaria

The primary ICD-10-CM codes for urticaria are L50, L50.9, L50.0. Across all sub-categories, 10 codes are grouped under urticaria, with 9 marked as billable (specific enough for a medical claim).

There are 10 ICD-10-CM codes related to urticaria. Of these, 9 are billable specific codes and 1 are non-billable header categories that organize the specific codes underneath them. Header codes cannot be reported on a claim by themselves.

Yes. 9 of the 10 ICD-10-CM codes for urticaria are billable. Common examples include L50.0 (Allergic urticaria); L50.1 (Idiopathic urticaria); L50.2 (Urticaria due to cold and heat). Code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation.

The most commonly used billable codes for urticaria include: L50.0 (Allergic urticaria); L50.1 (Idiopathic urticaria); L50.2 (Urticaria due to cold and heat). The correct code depends on the documented clinical presentation, including any complications, episode (acute / chronic), and laterality where applicable. Always code to the highest level of specificity supported by the clinical documentation.

No, L50 (Urticaria) is a non-billable header code. You need to use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

The ICD-10 codes for urticaria map to at least 25 SNOMED CT concepts. Examples of SNOMED CT concept IDs in this group include 1254905001, 19364004, 302972002, 373674001, 40178009. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records; AutoICD's coding API returns SNOMED CT IDs alongside each ICD-10 code via the include_snomed=true flag.

The ICD-10 codes for urticaria are linked to 10 UMLS CUIs in the National Library of Medicine's Metathesaurus. Sample CUIs include C0042109, C0149526, C0157741, C0157742, C0343065. UMLS CUIs unify the same concept across SNOMED CT, ICD-10, ICD-11, RxNorm, MeSH, and dozens of other source vocabularies.

Urticaria may also be referred to as: urticaria, hives, allergic urticaria, chronic urticaria, wheals. The same ICD-10-CM codes apply regardless of which term appears in the clinical documentation. Synonyms are surfaced by AutoICD's NER pass and mapped to the canonical ICD-10 family above.