Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of an offset value from a first modulation and coding scheme relating to a first code rate for a payload data transmission. The UE may determine, for a transmission of uplink control information, a second modulation and coding scheme, relating to a second code rate, that is different from the first modulation and coding scheme based at least in part on the offset value. The UE may transmit the uplink control information using the second modulation and coding scheme based at least in part on determining the second modulation and coding scheme. In some aspects, a UE may segment uplink control information. Numerous other aspects are provided.