DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

R20 Disturbances of skin sensation

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R20 is not billable. The category heads 6 billable codes in FY2027: the 6 codes directly below it.

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Billable codes
6
Subdivisions
6
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
47

Codes in R20

  1. R20.0
    Anesthesia of skin
    Billable
  2. R20.1
    Hypoesthesia of skin
    Billable
  3. R20.2
    Paresthesia of skin
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 3, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Formication
    • Pins and needles
    • Tingling skin

    Excludes1

    • acroparesthesia (I73.8) I73.8
  4. R20.3
    Hyperesthesia
    Billable
  5. R20.8
    Other disturbances of skin sensation
    Billable
  6. R20.9
    Unspecified disturbances of skin sensation
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At R20

Excludes1

  • dissociative anesthesia and sensory loss (F44.6) F44.6
  • psychogenic disturbances (F45.8) F45.8

Notes that also apply

Block R20-R23 instructions (Excludes2 1): printed on the block page.

Chapter 18 instructions (Notes 9, Excludes2 4): printed on the chapter 18 page.

Index entries

  • Anesthesia, anesthetic → R20.0
  • Hemianalgesia → R20.0
  • Hemianesthesia → R20.0
  • Numbness → R20.0
  • Hemihypesthesia → R20.1
  • Hypesthesia → R20.1
  • Hypoesthesia → R20.1
  • Formication → R20.2
  • Hemiparesthesia → R20.2
  • Paresthesia → R20.2
  • Pins and needles → R20.2
  • Prickling sensation (skin) → R20.2
  • Tingling sensation (skin) → R20.2
  • Hyperesthesia (body surface) → R20.3
  • Allocheiria, allochiria → R20.8
  • Dysesthesia → R20.8
  • Hemihypalgesia → R20.8
  • Hypalgesia → R20.8
  • Hyperalgesia → R20.8
  • Hyperpathia → R20.8
  • Synesthesia → R20.8
  • Topagnosis → R20.8
  • Sensibility disturbance (cortical) (deep) (vibratory) → R20.9
  • Anesthesia, anestheticlocal skin lesion → R20.0
  • Anesthesia, anestheticskin → R20.0
  • Sensationprickling (skin) → R20.2
  • Sensationtingling (skin) → R20.2
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)cold sense → R20.8
  • Absence (of) (organ or part) (complete or partial)heat sense → R20.8
  • Burningsensation → R20.8
  • Change(s) (in) (of)sensory → R20.8
  • Diminished, diminutionsense or sensation (cold) (heat) (tactile) (vibratory) → R20.8
  • Hypersensitive, hypersensitiveness, hypersensitivitypain → R20.8
  • Increase, increasedcold sense → R20.8
  • Increase, increasedheat sense → R20.8
  • Sensationburning (skin) → R20.8
  • Sensationloss of → R20.8
  • Sense losstouch → R20.8
  • Disturbance(s)sensation (cold) (heat) (localization) (tactile discrimination) (texture) (vibratory) NEC → R20.9
  • Disturbance(s)temperaturesense → R20.8

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