R20.3

R20.3: Hyperesthesia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R20.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hyperesthesia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R20.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R20.3

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on R20: Disturbances of skin sensation

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

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

R20.3 is named in 27 Medicare coverage policies: 25 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 2 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56034Billing and Coding: Nerve Blockade for Treatment of Chronic Pain and Neuropathynot covered
A57663Billing and Coding: Nerve Blocks for Peripheral Neuropathynot covered
A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Hyperesthesia(body surface)
Disturbance›sensation NEC›skin›hyperesthesia

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.