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R20.2 - Paresthesia of skin


The ICD 10 Code for Paresthesia of skin is listed as R20.2.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: R20.2
Description: Paresthesia of skin
  • Formication
  • Pins and needles
  • Tingling skin
  • Excludes1: acroparesthesia (I73.8)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
091 - Other Disorders Of Nervous System W Mcc
092 - Other Disorders Of Nervous System W Cc
093 - Other Disorders Of Nervous System W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
Block Symptoms and signs involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue (R20-R23)
Parent R20 - Disturbances of skin sensation
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 782.0 - Disturbance of skin sensation (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R20.2:
R20.0 - Anesthesia of skin
R20.1 - Hypoesthesia of skin
R20.3 - Hyperesthesia
R20.8 - Other disturbances of skin sensation
R20.9 - Unspecified disturbances of skin sensation