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ICD-10-CM Code for Other disturbances of skin sensation R20.8

ICD-10 code R20.8 for Other disturbances of skin sensation is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .

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Other disturbances of skin sensation

R20

Excludes1: dissociative anesthesia and sensory loss (F44.6)
psychogenic disturbances (F45.8)

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