Wiki Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria 708.1 or 708.8

[Joiaw]

I want to go with 708.8 because it's chronic. Please give input.

 

[CatchTheWind]

It seems that this is one of those situations in which ICD-9 is not specific enough to code accurately. It's giving you a choice of EITHER idiopathic OR chronic. I think you could throw a dart to chose one.

 

[chriskhans]

I feel 708.8 is appropriate.