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R23.4 - Changes in skin texture


The ICD 10 Code for Changes in skin texture is listed as R23.4.
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: R23.4
Description: Changes in skin texture
  • Desquamation of skin
  • Induration of skin
  • Scaling of skin
  • Excludes1: epidermal thickening NOS (L85.9)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
606 - Minor Skin Disorders W Mcc
607 - Minor Skin Disorders W/o 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 R23 - Other skin changes
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 782.8 - Changes in skin texture
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of R23.4:
R23.0 - Cyanosis
R23.1 - Pallor
R23.2 - Flushing
R23.3 - Spontaneous ecchymoses
R23.8 - Other skin changes
R23.9 - Unspecified skin changes