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R23.4

Billable

Changes in skin texture

Changes in skin texture

Status

Billable / Specific

Block

R20-R23

Parent Code

R23

ICD-11 Mapping

1 equivalent

Coding Notes

Inclusion Terms

Alternative clinical terms for this condition

  • Desquamation of skin
  • Induration of skin
  • Scaling of skin

Excludes 1

Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)

Excludes 2

Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both

Related Codes(6)
R23.0

Cyanosis

BillableR23.1

Pallor

BillableR23.2

Flushing

BillableR23.3

Spontaneous ecchymoses

BillableR23.8

Other skin changes

BillableR23.9

Unspecified skin changes

Billable
ICD-11 Equivalents(1)

ICD-11 Equivalents

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Corresponding ICD-11 codes from the WHO crosswalk mapping

ME66.1Changes in skin textureequivalentPrimary
Also Known As / Clinical Terms(245)

SNOMED CT

UMLS

Clinical Terms

  • Induration of skin
  • exfoliating
  • skin desquamation
  • flaking skin
  • Fine wrinkles on face
  • Skin scaling
  • peels
  • Crack in skin of bilateral feet
  • Desquamation of skin
  • Rough skin
  • Wrinkle of forehead
  • Decreased keratinization
  • Parakeratosis of skin
  • Desquamation of skin following febrile illness
  • Skin induration
  • Thickening of skin
  • scaling
  • Observation of health of skin
  • Cracks in skin
  • Fatty dimpling of skin
  • Dropping of scales
  • skin flaking
  • Rhagades
  • Scaliness of skin
  • Desquamative state
  • Scaly scalp
  • skin peeling
  • Splits in skin
  • Exfoliation
  • Skin fissure
  • Changes in skin texture (finding)
  • Epidermal collarette
  • Subcutaneous crepitus
  • Scaling of female perineum
  • Shedding of scales
  • exfoliate
  • Fissure in skin
  • Decreased keratinisation
  • Desquamation
  • Rhytide of forehead
  • Wrinkled face
  • Cellulite
  • exfoliated
  • Skin dimple
  • Peeling of skin
  • peel
  • Skin peeling disorder
  • Increased keratinocytic mass
  • Skin exfoliation
  • Abnormal keratinisation
  • Parakeratosis scutularis
  • Wrinkle of glabellar skin
  • Periorbital rhytides
  • Abnormal desquamation of epithelium
  • Increased keratinisation
  • Desquamation secondary to acute systemic illness
  • Scaly skin
  • Peeling skin
  • peeling skins
  • Frown line
  • Scaling skin
  • Crack in skin of bilateral hands
  • Thin skin
  • Scaling of skin
  • Rugosity of skin
  • Exfoliation of skin
  • Injection site induration
  • skin peel
  • Increased keratinization
  • Glabellar rhytide
  • Observation of integrity of skin
  • Lined face
  • Desquamation, function (observable entity)
  • Rhytide of glabellar skin
  • Abnormal epithelial desquamation
  • Texture of skin or mucosa
  • Perioral wrinkles
  • Scaling of the skin
  • Stiff skin
  • Thick skin
  • Abnormal keratinization
  • Flaking of skin
  • Facial wrinkles
  • Rough skin of hands
  • Induration of skin (disorder)
  • Indurated skin
  • Circumoral rhytides
  • Fissure in skin of bilateral feet
  • Parakeratosis ostracea
  • Finding of integrity of skin
  • Finding of thickness of skin
  • Decreased keratinocytic mass
  • Skin desquamation NOS
  • Increased thickness of skin
  • Peeling of skin (finding)
  • Painful fissure of dorsolateral aspect of skin of fingertip
  • Painful dorsolateral fissure of fingertip
  • Thinning of skin
  • Exfoliation NOS
  • Induration of periwound skin
  • Perioral rhytides
  • Skin eschar
  • Fissure in skin of bilateral hands
  • peeling
  • Desquamation, function
  • Crow's feet
  • Woody induration of skin and subcutis
  • Diffuse palmoplantar keratoderma with painful fissures
  • Crust on skin
  • Decreased thickness of skin
  • Wrinkled skin
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for changes in skin texture?

The ICD-10-CM code for changes in skin texture is R23.4. The full clinical description is "Changes in skin texture". R23.4 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.

What does ICD-10 code R23.4 mean?

ICD-10-CM code R23.4 represents “Changes in skin texture”. It is classified under Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.

Is R23.4 a billable code?

Yes, R23.4 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.

What chapter is R23.4 in?

R23.4 is in Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (codes R00-R99).

What codes cannot be used with R23.4?

R23.4 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: epidermal thickening NOS (L85.9).

What SNOMED CT codes does R23.4 map to?

R23.4 maps to 46 SNOMED CT concepts: 1264086002, 69707008, 248306003, 274672009, 9368001, and 41 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.

What are the UMLS CUIs for R23.4?

R23.4 is linked to 3 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0159040, C0237849, C0241075. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

How does R23.4 relate to ICF functioning codes?

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like changes in skin texture affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

What is the ICD-11 equivalent of R23.4?

R23.4 maps to the ICD-11 code: ME66.1 (Changes in skin texture).

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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.