R20.1 HYPOESTHESIA OF SKIN

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R20.1
Short Description: Hypoesthesia of skin
Long Description: Hypoesthesia of skin
Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code R20.1 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)

Synonyms

Cold sensation reduced
Complication of cutaneous surgery
Congenital insensitivity to pain, hyperhidrosis, absence of cutaneous sensory innervation
Decreased skin sensitivity
Finding of firm touch
Finding of light touch
Finding of pin prick discrimination
Finding of touch discrimination
Heat sensation reduced
High pain threshold
Hypoalgesia
Hypoesthesia
Impaired firm touch sensation
Impaired light touch sensation
Impaired pin prick discrimination
Impaired touch discrimination
Increased pain threshold
Pain threshold - finding
Pain threshold - finding
Post-surgical reduced sensation of skin
Reduced sensation of skin
Sensation of pain reduced
Tactile hypesthesia
Thermal hypesthesia

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code		ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
R20.1		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
R20.2	Paresthesia 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: 10/1/2024

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