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R23.4

Changes in skin texture

Billable

Code Hierarchy

R23R23.4

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

Inclusion Terms

Desquamation of skin
Induration of skin
Scaling of skin

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with R23.4

L85.9 - epidermal thickening NOS (L85.9)

Related Codes

Cyanosis

Pallor

Flushing

Spontaneous ecchymoses

Other skin changes

Unspecified skin changes

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