ICD-10-CM › R00-R99 › R20-R23 › R23 Other skin changes › R23.3
Spontaneous ecchymoses
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Spontaneous ecchymoses
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.
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)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Purpuric spots
- Petechia, petechiae
- Cutaneous > hemorrhage
- Ecchymosis > spontaneous
- Change > skin > petechiae
- Spots, spotting > purpuric
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > skin
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > cutaneous
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > petechial
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > subcutaneous
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| R23.0 | Cyanosis | Valid |
| R23.1 | Pallor | Valid |
| R23.2 | Flushing | Valid |
| R23.4 | Changes in skin texture | Valid |
| R23.8 | Other skin changes | Valid |
| R23.9 | Unspecified skin changes | Valid |