R20.3 HYPERESTHESIA

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R20.3
Short Description: Hyperesthesia
Long Description: Hyperesthesia
Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

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)

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		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: 10/1/2024

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