DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

R22 Localized swelling, mass and lump of skin and subcutaneous tissue

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R22 is not billable. The category heads 12 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 6 subdivisions.

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Where it sits

  1. Chapter 18 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
  2. R20-R23 Symptoms and signs involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue (R20-R23)
  3. R22 Localized swelling, mass and lump of skin and subcutaneous tissue
Billable codes
12
Subdivisions
6
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
19

Codes in R22

  1. R22.0
    Localized swelling, mass and lump, head
    Billable
  2. R22.1
    Localized swelling, mass and lump, neck
    Billable
  3. R22.2
    Localized swelling, mass and lump, trunk
    Billable
    Excludes1 2, Excludes2 1

    Excludes1

    • intra-abdominal or pelvic mass and lump (R19.0-) R19.0
    • intra-abdominal or pelvic swelling (R19.0-) R19.0

    Excludes2

    • breast mass and lump (N63) N63
  4. R22.3
    Localized swelling, mass and lump, upper limb
    Header
  5. R22.30
    Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified upper limb
    Billable
  6. R22.31
    Localized swelling, mass and lump, right upper limb
    Billable
  7. R22.32
    Localized swelling, mass and lump, left upper limb
    Billable
  8. R22.33
    Localized swelling, mass and lump, upper limb, bilateral
    Billable
  9. R22.4
    Localized swelling, mass and lump, lower limb
    Header
  10. R22.40
    Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified lower limb
    Billable
  11. R22.41
    Localized swelling, mass and lump, right lower limb
    Billable
  12. R22.42
    Localized swelling, mass and lump, left lower limb
    Billable
  13. R22.43
    Localized swelling, mass and lump, lower limb, bilateral
    Billable
  14. R22.9
    Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At R22

Includes

  • subcutaneous nodules (localized)(superficial)

Excludes1

  • abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging (R90-R93) R90 R93
  • edema (R60.-) R60
  • enlarged lymph nodes (R59.-) R59
  • localized adiposity (E65) E65
  • swelling of joint (M25.4-) M25.4

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

  • Masshead → R22.0
  • Swelling (of)head (localized) → R22.0
  • Massneck → R22.1
  • Swelling (of)neck (localized) → R22.1
  • Masschest → R22.2
  • Swelling (of)chest, localized → R22.2
  • Masslocalized (skin) → R22.9
  • Masssuperficial (localized) → R22.9
  • Swelling (of)localized (skin) → R22.9
  • Masslocalized (skin)head → R22.0
  • Swelling (of)localized (skin)head → R22.0
  • Masslocalized (skin)neck → R22.1
  • Swelling (of)localized (skin)neck → R22.1
  • Masslocalized (skin)chest → R22.2
  • Masslocalized (skin)trunk → R22.2
  • Swelling (of)localized (skin)chest → R22.2
  • Swelling (of)localized (skin)trunk → R22.2
  • Masslocalized (skin)limbupper → R22.3-
  • Masslocalized (skin)limblower → R22.4-

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