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R23.8

Billable

Other skin changes

Other skin changes

Status

Billable / Specific

Block

R20-R23

Parent Code

R23

ICD-11 Mapping

1 equivalent

Coding Notes

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

BillableR23.4

Changes in skin texture

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

ME64.1CyanosisequivalentPrimary
Also Known As / Clinical Terms(567)

SNOMED CT

UMLS

Clinical Terms

  • Vesicle of skin
  • Toenail thickened
  • Abnormal epidermopoiesis
  • Abnormal sebaceous gland activity
  • Hot skin over lesion
  • Inflammation of periwound skin
  • Skin elasticity - finding
  • Skin pigmentation
  • Observation of consistency of skin
  • Application site blister
  • Friable skin
  • Observation of discharge of skin
  • Shawl sign
  • Thickened nails
  • White discoloration of skin
  • Skin pigmented
  • Asymmetrical thigh creases
  • Macerated skin
  • Scratch marks
  • Cutis anserina
  • Gray skin
  • Uremic frost
  • Furrowed brow
  • Stretched skin
  • Blister of skin AND/OR mucosa
  • Facial redness
  • Thickness of nail - finding
  • White discolouration of skin
  • Tissue granulation
  • Skin reaction - finding
  • Loss of abdominal skin turgor
  • Observation of health of skin
  • Oily skin
  • Rope sign
  • Temperature of skin over lesion hot
  • Temperature of skin over lesion warm
  • Warm skin over lesion
  • Warm to touch
  • Dry skin of abdomen
  • Finding of colour of foot
  • Skin surrounding stoma red
  • Skin crease dirty
  • Stretched abdominal wall skin
  • Stemmer sign
  • Cold skin
  • Crusting of pigmented skin lesion
  • Veraguth folds
  • Cold limb
  • Yellow complexion
  • Complexion changes
  • Complexion finding
  • Blisters of multiple sites
  • Face goes different colour
  • Increased percutaneous penetration
  • Red face
  • Sebaceous gland overactivity
  • Acute oedema blisters
  • Named sign of skin
  • Shiny skin over lesion
  • Slow healing surgical wound
  • Vesicular skin rashes of the temporal region
  • Grey Turner's sign positive
  • Finding of skin of abdominal wall
  • Blister
  • Fragile skin
  • Physiological cutis marmorata
  • Papule of skin
  • Painful and cold arm
  • Rupture of periwound skin
  • Discolouration of skin
  • Pigmentation of skin or mucosa
  • Decreased skin temperature
  • Boggy periwound skin
  • Finding of contact sensitivity response
  • Tissue integrity alteration
  • Buttock crease asymmetrical
  • Complexion fluctuates
  • Excess skin of thigh
  • Skin over lesion hot
  • Decreased sebaceous gland activity
  • Seborrhoea
  • Deposition of gunshot residue on skin caused by firearm
  • Localised loss of body fat
  • Veraguth's folds
  • Different skin color in opposite limb
  • Hand print
  • Application site irritation
  • Finding of measures of skin
  • Observation of skin healing
  • Observation of skin hygiene
  • Omega sign
  • Stemmer sign positive
  • Mucosal vesicle
  • Impaired tissue integrity
  • Colour of face changes
  • Serum crust on skin
  • Shiny skin
  • Abdominal skin ptosis
  • Painful and cold upper limb
  • Grimy, work-stained hands
  • Finding of color of foot
  • Blue skin
  • Increased epidermopoiesis
  • Mottling
  • Observation of colour of foot
  • Cutis marmorata
  • Redness of skin over lesion
  • Skin discharge
  • Cullen's sign positive
  • Decreased percutaneous penetration
  • Skin dimple
  • Hot skin
  • Abnormal skin pH
  • Greasy skin
  • Temperature of skin over lesion cold
  • Loss of subcutaneous fat overlying rib
  • Shininess of skin over lesion
  • Acute edema blisters
  • Skin colour poor
  • Observation of appearance of hand
  • Slow healing wound
  • Conspicuous skin donor site
  • Papular reaction
  • Abnormal foot color
  • Blanching of periwound skin
  • Cold to touch
  • Increased stratum corneum adhesiveness
  • Calor
  • Cold skin over lesion
  • Application site reaction
  • Observation of skin surrounding stoma
  • Pus crust on skin
  • Periwound skin bogginess
  • Scab of skin
  • Deposition of GSR (gunshot residue) on skin caused by firearm
  • Pachyonychia
  • Seborrhea
  • Skin drag
  • Dusky discoloration of skin
  • Finding of skin healing
  • Mottled skin
  • Soot deposit on skin caused by firearm
  • Face goes different color
  • Discoloration of skin
  • Staining of skin
  • Serous bulla of skin
  • Skin marbling
  • Dyssebacea
  • Injection site blister
  • Moist periwound skin
  • V sign
  • Tenting of skin
  • Pigmentation of fingers
  • Nontraumatic blister of skin
  • Increased sebaceous gland activity
  • Increased skin temperature
  • Full thickness skin and subcutaneous tissue loss
  • Finding of skin reaction
  • Skin reaction irritant
  • Taut skin
  • Blister of skin
  • Excess skin of abdominal wall
  • Hair tuft in skin of sacral region
  • Skin over lesion warm
  • Blanching of skin of foot on elevation
  • Color of face changes
  • Impaired skin integrity
  • Tented skin
  • Contact sensitivity response - finding
  • Nikolsky sign
  • Observation of integrity of skin
  • Skin over lesion cold
  • Scratch mark
  • Observation of color of foot
  • Blanching of skin
  • Loss of subcutaneous fat
  • Partial thickness skin loss
  • Vesicular eruption
  • Lower leg skin pigmentation
  • Nicotine staining of finger
  • Full thickness skin loss
  • Decreased epidermopoiesis
  • Mottling of skin
  • Non-traumatic blister of skin
  • Observation of measures of skin
  • Yellow skin
  • Dehydration of abdominal skin
  • Dusky discolouration of skin
  • Tight skin
  • Injection site indentation
  • Decreased skin turgor
  • Vesicular skin eruptions of the temporal region
  • Abdominal apron
  • Decreased skin pH
  • Warm skin
  • Yellow or jaundiced colour
  • Finding of thickness of nail
  • Granulation of tissue
  • Skin dirty
  • Mucous membrane dryness
  • Named signs of skin
  • Skin integrity impairment
  • Blister of periwound skin
  • Finding of consistency of skin
  • Tobacco stained fingers
  • Pimple of skin
  • Absent sebaceous gland activity
  • Nicotine stained fingers
  • Sallow complexion
  • Abnormal foot colour
  • Vesicular rash
  • Rubbery subcutaneous tissue
  • Skin deposits
  • Foot dusky pink when dependent
  • Macule of skin
  • Auspitz sign
  • Finding of integrity of skin
  • Skin constricture
  • Stippling
  • Auspitz's sign
  • Uraemic frost
  • Mucous membrane hyperplasia
  • Skin exudate
  • Finding of skin hygiene
  • Finding of skin elasticity
  • Greasy skin due to excessive secretion of sebum
  • Skin loss exposing muscle or bone
  • Skin reaction weak
  • Skin rolling
  • Chapped skin
  • Piloerection
  • Infected blisters of multiple sites
  • Soot stain on skin caused by firearm
  • Stretched excess skin of face
  • Cold extremity
  • Increased shedding of cells from epidermal surface
  • Mucosal hyperplasia
  • Impaired wound healing
  • Shoe mark
  • Decreased stratum corneum water-binding capacity
  • Delicate skin
  • Increased stratum corneum water-binding capacity
  • Loose skin folds, abdominal wall
  • Localized loss of body fat
  • Gooseflesh
  • Yellow or jaundiced color
  • Different skin colour in opposite limb
  • Decreased shedding of cells from epidermal surface
  • Decreased stratum corneum adhesiveness
  • Age-related skin fragility
  • Delayed healing of skin donor site
  • Finding of appearance of hand
  • Hard skin
  • Puffiness of skin
  • Pink skin
  • Stippling of skin
  • Skin red over lesion
  • Darier's sign
  • Skin color poor
  • Skin loss exposing muscle
  • Cool skin
  • Abnormal complexion
  • Blister at injection site
  • Cullen sign positive
  • Darier sign
  • Macerated perianal skin
  • Crust on skin
  • Grey Turner sign positive
  • Indentation at injection site
  • Dyschromia
  • Increased skin pH
  • Dry periwound skin
  • Observation of skin of abdominal wall
  • Delayed healing of wound
  • Redness of skin of face
  • Mucosal dryness
  • Observation of appearance of stoma
  • Skin loss exposing bone
  • Delayed healing of surgical wound
  • Wickham striae
  • Hand print mark
  • Surgical incision wound of skin
  • Grey skin
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for other skin changes?

The ICD-10-CM code for other skin changes is R23.8. The full clinical description is "Other skin changes". R23.8 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.

What does ICD-10 code R23.8 mean?

ICD-10-CM code R23.8 represents “Other skin changes”. 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 R23.8 a billable code?

Yes, R23.8 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.

What chapter is R23.8 in?

R23.8 is in Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (codes R00-R99).

What SNOMED CT codes does R23.8 map to?

R23.8 maps to 184 SNOMED CT concepts: 249535000, 360493007, 44952008, 419856000, 82376007, and 179 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.

What are the UMLS CUIs for R23.8?

R23.8 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0478124. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

How does R23.8 relate to ICF functioning codes?

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like other skin changes 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 R23.8?

R23.8 maps to the ICD-11 code: ME64.1 (Cyanosis).

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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.