Diagnosis Code

R20.2 PARESTHESIA OF SKIN


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R20.2

Short Description: Paresthesia of skin

Long Description: Paresthesia of skin

The code R20.2 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
    • Symptoms and signs involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue (R20-R23)
      • Disturbances of skin sensation (R20)
        • R20.2 Paresthesia of skin

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Autoimmune movement disorder
  • Circumoral paresthesia
  • Facial diplegia with paresthesia
  • Facial paresthesia
  • Formication
  • Formication of skin
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome
  • Has prickling sensation
  • Injection site paresthesia
  • Numbness and tingling sensation of skin
  • Oral paresthesia
  • Paresthesia
  • Paresthesia of bilateral hands
  • Paresthesia of finger
  • Paresthesia of foot
  • Paresthesia of hand
  • Paresthesia of left lower limb
  • Paresthesia of left upper limb
  • Paresthesia of lower extremity
  • Paresthesia of mucous membrane
  • Paresthesia of right lower limb
  • Paresthesia of right upper limb
  • Paresthesia of saddle area
  • Paresthesia of upper limb
  • Pins and needles
  • Psychogenic formication
  • Psychogenic sensory disturbance of skin
  • Psychogenic skin disease
  • Stinging of skin
  • Tactile hallucinations
  • Tactile hallucinations
  • Tingling of skin
  • Transient paresthesia

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R20.2 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Formication
    • Pins and needles
    • Tingling skin
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • acroparesthesia (@I73.8*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R20.2 Right Arrow 782.0 Skin sensation disturb

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
R20 Disturbances of skin sensation
R20.0 Anesthesia of skin
R20.1 Hypoesthesia of skin
R20.3 Hyperesthesia
R20.8 Other disturbances of skin sensation
R20.9 Unspecified disturbances of skin sensation


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023