708.8 URTICARIA NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 708.8

Short Description: Urticaria NEC

Long Description: Other specified urticaria

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (680–709)
    • Other diseases of skin and subcutaneous tissue (700-709)
      • 708 Urticaria
        • 708.8 Urticaria NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Acute autoimmune urticaria
  • Acute immunologic urticaria
  • Anaphylactic urticaria
  • Aquagenic urticaria
  • Arthus type urticaria
  • Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis/urticaria
  • Autoimmune urticaria
  • Bullous urticaria
  • Chronic autoimmune urticaria
  • Chronic urticaria
  • Contact urticaria
  • Immune complex urticaria
  • Immunologic urticaria
  • Neutrophilic urticaria
  • Non-immunological contact urticaria
  • Pressure urticaria
  • Psychogenic urticaria
  • Schnitzler syndrome
  • Solar urticaria
  • Traumatic urticaria
  • Urticaria perstans
  • Urticaria pigmentosa
  • Urticaria pigmentosa, infantile form
  • Urticaria secondary to infection

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 708.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Nettle rash 708.8
  • Rash 782.1
    • nettle 708.8
  • Urticaria 708.9
    • chronic 708.8
    • due to
      • plants 708.8
    • recurrent periodic 708.8
    • specified type NEC 708.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 708.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
708.8 Right Arrow L50.6 Contact urticaria
L50.8 Other urticaria
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
708.0 Allergic urticaria
708.1 Idiopathic urticaria
708.2 Urticaria due to cold and heat
708.3 Dermatographic urticaria
708.4 Vibratory urticaria
708.5 Cholinergic urticaria
708.9 Urticaria, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014