L50.2

L50.2: Urticaria due to cold and heat

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

L50.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for urticaria due to cold and heat. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check L50.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

familial cold urticaria (M04.2)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above L50.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on L50: Urticaria

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)

Other codes that can never be billed with L50.2

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

L95Vasculitis limited to skin, not elsewhere classified
T78.3Angioneurotic edema
T78.3XXAAngioneurotic edema, initial encounter
T78.3XXDAngioneurotic edema, subsequent encounter
T78.3XXSAngioneurotic edema, sequela

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Urticaria›cold, familial
Urticaria›thermal(cold) (heat)
Urticaria›due to›cold or heat

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under L50