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R23.4

Billable
ChapterR00–R99
Ranksubcategory
Official Description

Changes in skin texture

Metadata & Insights
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 18: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings (R00-R99).

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Desquamation of skin
  • Induration of skin
  • Scaling of skin
Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • epidermal thickening NOS (L85.9)
General instructions are available for the parent sections:
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Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH18Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
R20-R23Symptoms and signs involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue (R20-R23)
R23Other skin changes
R23.4Changes in skin textureBillable

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to R23.4:

blockR20-R23
Symptoms and signs involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue (R20-R23)
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chapterCH18
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

This code is grouped within the following Diagnosis Related Group(s) for clinical reimbursement:

DRG 606
Minor Skin Disorders with MCC
DRG 607
Minor Skin Disorders without MCC

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