Diagnosis Code

R20.0 ANESTHESIA OF SKIN


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R20.0

Short Description: Anesthesia of skin

Long Description: Anesthesia of skin

The code R20.0 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)
        • R20.0 Anesthesia of skin

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Absence of sensation
  • Absent acmesthesia
  • Absent firm touch sensation
  • Absent light touch sensation
  • Absent pin prick discrimination
  • Absent touch discrimination
  • Anesthesia in bilateral lower limbs
  • Anesthesia morbidity
  • Anesthesia of mucous membrane
  • Anesthesia of skin
  • Application site anesthesia
  • Finding of firm touch
  • Finding of light touch
  • Finding of pin prick discrimination
  • Finding of sensation of pinna
  • Finding of touch discrimination
  • Glove anesthesia
  • Hemianalgesia
  • Hemianesthesia
  • Injection site anesthesia
  • No sensitivity to pain
  • Numbness
  • Numbness of face
  • Numbness of finger
  • Numbness of foot
  • Numbness of hand
  • Numbness of limbs
  • Numbness of lower limb
  • Numbness of pinna
  • Numbness of saddle area
  • Numbness of skin
  • Numbness of toe
  • Numbness of upper limb
  • Pain threshold - finding
  • Pain threshold - finding
  • Perioral numbness
  • Regional anesthesia morbidity
  • Stocking anesthesia
  • Tactile anesthesia
  • Thermal anesthesia

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R20.0 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
R20.1 Hypoesthesia 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: 10/1/2023