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R22

Localized swelling, mass and lump of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Non-billableCategory

Chapter: 18. Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified

Section: R20-R23 - Symptoms and signs involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue

Coding Guidelines

Includes

  • subcutaneous nodules (localized)(superficial)

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with R22

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

Specific Codes (6)

R22.0Billable

Localized swelling, mass and lump, head

R22.1Billable

Localized swelling, mass and lump, neck

R22.2Billable

Localized swelling, mass and lump, trunk

R22.3Category

Localized swelling, mass and lump, upper limb

R22.4Category

Localized swelling, mass and lump, lower limb

R22.9Billable

Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified

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