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R23

R23: Other skin changes

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

R23 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other skin changes. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with R23

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • R21Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption

Risk adjustment

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

The condition this code belongs to

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead R23

7 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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