Billable Code. Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. R20.2 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of paresthesia of skin. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
Anesthesia of skin 1 R20.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. 2 The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM R20.0 became effective on October 1, 2020. 3 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of R20.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 R20.0 may differ. More ...
Paresthesia (/ˌpærᵻsˈθiːziə/ or /ˌpærᵻsˈθiːʒə/) (British English paraesthesia; plural paraesthesiae /ˌpærrɪsˈθiːzɪiː/ or paraesthesias), is a sensation of tingling, tickling, pricking, or burning of a person's skin with no apparent physical cause. The manifestation of a paresthesia may be transient or chronic.
Tingling sensation ICD-10-CM R20.2 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group (s) (MS-DRG v38.0): 091 Other disorders of nervous system with mcc 092 Other disorders of nervous system with cc
Paresthesia refers to a burning or prickling sensation that is usually felt in the hands, arms, legs, or feet, but can also occur in other parts of the body. The sensation, which happens without warning, is usually painless and described as tingling or numbness, skin crawling, or itching.
R20. 2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
R20. Anesthesia of skin is the complete absence of any sensation in the skin; hypoesthesia is decreased sensation in skin; parasthesia refers to abnormal sensation such as tingling; hyperesthesia is an increased sensitivity or exaggerated sensitivity in sensation.
ICD-10 code: R20. 8 Other and unspecified disturbances of skin sensation.
R20. 2 Paresthesia of skin - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.
(DIH-ses-THEE-zhuh) A condition in which a sense, especially touch, is distorted. Dysesthesia can cause an ordinary stimulus to be unpleasant or painful. It can also cause insensitivity to a stimulus.
ICD-10 code R20. 2 for Paresthesia of skin is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .
Hereditary and idiopathic neuropathy, unspecified G60. 9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM G60. 9 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Meralgia paresthetica is a disorder characterized by tingling, numbness, and burning pain in the outer side of the thigh. The disorder is caused by compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, a sensory nerve to the skin, as it exits the pelvis.
Paresthesia is an abnormal sensation of the skin (tingling, pricking, chilling, burning, numbness) with no apparent physical cause. Paresthesia may be transient or chronic, and may have any of dozens of possible underlying causes.
In general, hypoesthesia results from an injury or irritation of a nerve or nerves. The damage can result from: trauma from a blow or fall. metabolic abnormalities, such as diabetes.
ICD-10-CM Code for Other disturbances of skin sensation R20. 8.
Paresthesia (/ˌpærᵻsˈθiːziə/ or /ˌpærᵻsˈθiːʒə/) (British English paraesthesia; plural paraesthesiae /ˌpærrɪsˈθiːzɪiː/ or paraesthesias), is a sensation of tingling, tickling, pricking, or burning of a person's skin with no apparent physical cause. The manifestation of a paresthesia may be transient or chronic.
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This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code R20.2 and a single ICD9 code, 782.0 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.
R20.2 is a valid billable ICD-10 diagnosis code for Paresthesia of skin . It is found in the 2021 version of the ICD-10 Clinical Modification (CM) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2020 - Sep 30, 2021 .
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