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R20.8

R20.8: Other disturbances of skin sensation

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

R20.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other disturbances of skin sensation. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check R20.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above R20.8

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

R20.8 is named in 27 Medicare coverage policies: 24 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 3 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
  • A57589Billing and Coding: Nerve Blocks for Peripheral Neuropathynot covered
  • A57663Billing and Coding: Nerve Blocks for Peripheral Neuropathynot covered
  • A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Allocheiria, allochiria
  • Dysesthesia
  • Hemihypalgesia
  • Hypalgesia
  • Hyperalgesia
  • Hyperpathia
  • Synesthesia
  • Topagnosis
  • Absence›cold sense
  • Absence›heat sense
  • Burning›sensation
  • Change›sensory

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under R20

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.