Diagnosis Code

R22.9 LOCALIZED SWELLING, MASS AND LUMP, UNSPECIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R22.9

Short Description: Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified

Long Description: Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified

The code R22.9 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)
      • Localized swelling, mass and lump of skin, subcu (R22)
        • R22.9 Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Finding of movement of mass with respiration
  • Finding of movement of mass with respiration
  • Infusion site swelling
  • Injection site mass
  • Localized superficial swelling of skin
  • Lump on extremities
  • Mass does not move with respiration
  • Mass moves with respiration
  • Mass of body region
  • Mass of body structure
  • Mass of lymphoreticular structure
  • Mass of skin
  • Mass of soft tissue
  • Mass of subcutaneous tissue
  • Mass of subcutaneous tissue of multiple sites
  • Mucous membrane swelling
  • Multiple lumps
  • Nodule in skin or mucosa
  • Number of lumps - finding
  • Number of lumps - finding
  • Palpable mass
  • Single lump
  • Skin nodule
  • Subcutaneous nodule
  • Subcutaneous nodule associated with lupus erythematosus
  • Superficial mass
  • Surfer's nodules
  • Swelling of body region
  • Swelling of body structure
  • Swelling of musculoskeletal structure
  • Swelling of periwound skin
  • Swelling of skin
  • Swelling of skin
  • Swelling of subcutaneous tissue of multiple sites
  • Tumor invades dermis
  • Tumor invades skin
  • Tumor invasion limited to dermis
  • Vaccination site lump
  • Vaccination site swelling

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R22.9 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Minor Skin Disorders With Mcc (606)
  • Minor Skin Disorders Without Mcc (607)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R22.9 Right Arrow 782.2 Local suprficial swellng

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
R22 Localized swelling, mass and lump of skin and subcutaneous tissue
R22.0 Localized swelling, mass and lump, head
R22.1 Localized swelling, mass and lump, neck
R22.2 Localized swelling, mass and lump, trunk
R22.3 Localized swelling, mass and lump, upper limb
R22.30 Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified upper limb
R22.31 Localized swelling, mass and lump, right upper limb
R22.32 Localized swelling, mass and lump, left upper limb
R22.33 Localized swelling, mass and lump, upper limb, bilateral
R22.4 Localized swelling, mass and lump, lower limb
R22.40 Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified lower limb
R22.41 Localized swelling, mass and lump, right lower limb
R22.42 Localized swelling, mass and lump, left lower limb
R22.43 Localized swelling, mass and lump, lower limb, bilateral


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