Excludes1

  1. L50 Urticaria

    1. L50.0 Allergic urticaria

    2. L50.1 Idiopathic urticaria

    3. L50.2 Urticaria due to cold and heat

    4. L50.3 Dermatographic urticaria

    5. L50.4 Vibratory urticaria

    6. L50.5 Cholinergic urticaria

    7. L50.6 Contact urticaria

    8. L50.8 Other urticaria

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Chronic urticaria
      • Recurrent periodic urticaria
    9. L50.9 Urticaria, unspecified

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.