Chapter XVIII
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
(R00-R99)
NCCS
Rules
Conventions
GCS
DChS.XVIII.1
DCS.XIX.8
Symptoms and signs involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue
(R20-R23)
R20
Disturbances of skin sensation
Excl.:
dissociative anaesthesia and sensory loss (
F44.6
)
psychogenic disturbances (
F45.8
)
R20.0
Anaesthesia of skin
R20.1
Hypoaesthesia of skin
R20.2
Paraesthesia of skin
Incl.:
Formication
Pins and needles
Tingling skin
Excl.:
acroparaesthesia (
I73.8
)
R20.3
Hyperaesthesia
R20.8
Other and unspecified disturbances of skin sensation
R21
Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption
R22
Localized swelling, mass and lump of skin and subcutaneous tissue
Incl.:
subcutaneous nodules (localized)(superficial)
Excl.:
abnormal findings on diagnostic imaging (
R90-R93
)
enlarged lymph nodes (
R59.-
)
localized adiposity (
E65
)
mass and lump:
breast (
N63
)
intra-abdominal or pelvic (
R19.0
)
oedema (
R60.-
)
swelling (of):
intra-abdominal or pelvic (
R19.0
)
joint (
M25.4
)
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
R22.4
Localized swelling, mass and lump, lower limb
R22.7
Localized swelling, mass and lump, multiple sites
R22.9
Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified
R23
Other skin changes
R23.0
Cyanosis
Excl.:
acrocyanosis (
I73.8
)
cyanotic attacks of newborn (
P28.2
)
R23.1
Pallor
Incl.:
Clammy skin
R23.2
Flushing
Incl.:
Excessive blushing
Excl.:
menopausal and female climacteric states (
N95.1
)
R23.3
Spontaneous ecchymoses
Incl.:
Petechiae
Excl.:
ecchymoses in fetus and newborn (
P54.5
)
purpura (
D69.-
)
R23.4
Changes in skin texture
Incl.:
Desquamation
Induration
Scaling
of skin
Excl.:
epidermal thickening NOS (
L85.9
)
R23.8
Other and unspecified skin changes