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ICD-10-CM Codes
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R00-R99
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
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R20-R23
Symptoms and signs involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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Other skin changes
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R23.0
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R23.0
Cyanosis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- R23.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM R23.0 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of R23.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 R23.0 may differ.
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as R23.0. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
The following code(s) above
R23.0 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
R23.0:
Clinical Information
- A bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to an increase in the amount of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood or a structural defect in the hemoglobin molecule.
- A bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes resulting from a reduced amount of oxygenated hemoglobin in the blood.
- Blue-colored skin caused by too little oxygen in the blood
- Blue-colored skin caused by too little oxygen in the blood.
- Blueness of the skin caused by excessive amounts of deoxyhemoglobin in the skin vessels.
ICD-10-CM R23.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 947 Signs and symptoms with mcc
- 948 Signs and symptoms without mcc
Convert R23.0 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- Change(s) (in) (of) - see also Removal
- skin R23.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R23.9
Unspecified skin changes
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- Cyanosis R23.0
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To R23.0
R22.31 Localized swelling, mass and lump, right upper limb
R22.32 Localized swelling, mass and lump, left upper limb
R22.4 Localized swelling, mass and lump, lower limb
R22.40 Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified lower limb
R22.41 Localized swelling, mass and lump, right lower limb
R22.42 Localized swelling, mass and lump, left lower limb
R22.9 Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified
R23.0
Cyanosis
R23.3 Spontaneous ecchymoses
R23.4 Changes in skin texture
R23.9 Unspecified skin changes
R25 Abnormal involuntary movements
R25.0 Abnormal head movements
R25.1 Tremor, unspecified
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.