Diagnosis Code

R20.3 HYPERESTHESIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R20.3

Short Description: Hyperesthesia

Long Description: Hyperesthesia

The code R20.3 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)
        • R20.3 Hyperesthesia

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Abdominal hyperesthesia
  • Acute sensitivity to pain
  • Allodynia
  • Cutaneous allodynia
  • Cutaneous hyperalgesia
  • Decreased pain threshold
  • Dysesthesia
  • Dysesthesia
  • Excessive sensitivity to pain
  • Hyperalgesia
  • Hyperesthesia
  • Hyperesthesia dolorosa
  • Hyperesthesia of special senses
  • Hypergargalesthesia
  • Pain threshold - finding
  • Pain threshold - finding
  • Pain threshold - finding
  • Pain threshold - finding
  • Pain threshold - finding

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R20.3 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
R20.2 Paresthesia of skin
R20.8 Other disturbances of skin sensation
R20.9 Unspecified disturbances of skin sensation


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