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R20

Disturbances of skin sensation

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

  • R20.0 Anesthesia of skin
  • R20.1 Hypoesthesia of skin
  • R20.2 Paresthesia of skin
  • R20.3 Hyperesthesia
  • R20.8 Other disturbances of skin sensation
  • R20.9 Unspecified disturbances of skin sensation

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Disturbances of skin sensation

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • dissociative anesthesia and sensory loss (F44.6)
  • psychogenic disturbances (F45.8)

Inherited from the R20-R23 section Symptoms and signs involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue (R20-R23)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • symptoms relating to breast (N64.4-N64.5)