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ICD-10-CM Code for Changes in skin texture R23.4

ICD-10 code R23.4 for Changes in skin texture 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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Changes in skin texture
Desquamation of skin
Induration of skin
Scaling of skin
Excludes1: epidermal thickening NOS (L85.9)

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