Localized swelling, mass and lump of skin and subcutaneous tissue

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:

R22.0 Localized swelling, mass and lump, head
R22.1 Localized swelling, mass and lump, neck
R22.2 Localized swelling, mass and lump, trunk
R22.3 Localized swelling, mass and lump, upper limb (also a header)
R22.4 Localized swelling, mass and lump, lower limb (also a header)
R22.9 Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Localized swelling, mass and lump of skin and subcutaneous tissue

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

abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging (R90-R93)
edema (R60.-)
enlarged lymph nodes (R59.-)
localized adiposity (E65)
swelling of joint (M25.4-)

Includes

subcutaneous nodules (localized)(superficial)

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)