Diagnosis Code

R23.1 PALLOR


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: R23.1

Short Description: Pallor

Long Description: Pallor

The code R23.1 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00–R99)
    • Symptoms and signs involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue (R20-R23)
      • Other skin changes (R23)
        • R23.1 Pallor

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Blanching of skin
  • Blanching of skin of lower leg on elevation
  • Clammy skin
  • Cocaine-induced acrocyanosis and livedo reticularis
  • Cold and clammy skin
  • Cold skin
  • Complexion finding
  • Congenital livedo reticularis
  • Decreased skin temperature
  • Facial dysmorphism, immunodeficiency, livedo, short stature syndrome
  • Finding of color of limb
  • Idiopathic livedo reticularis
  • Idiopathic livedo reticularis with summer ulceration
  • Idiopathic livedo reticularis with systemic involvement
  • Idiopathic livedo reticularis with winter ulceration
  • Livedo
  • Livedo reticularis
  • Livedo reticularis
  • Livedo reticularis
  • Livedo reticularis without ulceration
  • Lividity
  • Moist skin
  • Pale complexion
  • Pale discoloration of entire skin of body
  • Pale face
  • Skin lesion in drug addict
  • Sneddon syndrome
  • White extremities

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code R23.1 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Signs And Symptoms With Mcc (947)
  • Signs And Symptoms Without Mcc (948)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code R23.1 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Clammy skin

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
R23.1 Right Arrow 782.61 Pallor

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
R23 Other skin changes
R23.0 Cyanosis
R23.2 Flushing
R23.3 Spontaneous ecchymoses
R23.4 Changes in skin texture
R23.8 Other skin changes
R23.9 Unspecified skin changes


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023