R20.2 PARESTHESIA OF SKIN

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R20.2
Short Description: Paresthesia of skin
Long Description: Paresthesia of skin
Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

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)

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		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: 10/1/2024

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