Billable Medical Code for Disturbance of Skin Sensation
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 782.0
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 782.0.
The Short Description Is: Skin sensation disturb.
Known As
Numbness is also known as altered sensation of skin (finding), anesthesia of skin, burning sensation of skin, circumoral paresthesia, dysesthesia, dysesthesia (abnormal sensation), has tingling sensation, hyperesthesia, hyperesthesia (increased sensitivity), hypesthesia, hypoesthesia, hypoesthesia (reduced sensation), numbness and tingling of skin, numbness and tingling sensation of skin, numbness of skin, paresthesia, paresthesia (numbness/tingling), paresthesia (numbness/tingling) of arm, paresthesia (numbness/tingling) of leg, paresthesia of lower extremity, paresthesia of lower limb, paresthesia of upper limb, paresthesia circumoral, paresthesia lower limb, paresthesia upper limb, pins and needles, prickling sensation (finding), prickling sensation of skin, sensation of burning of skin (finding), sensation of burning or prickling of skin, sensory disorder burning or prickling sensation, sensory disorder burning or prickling sensation skin, and
tingling sensation. This applies to anesthesia of skin, burning or prickling sensation, hyperesthesia, hypoesthesia, numbness, paresthesia, and tingling.
Numbness Definition and Symptoms
Numbness is the loss of sensation or feeling in any part of your body. Some of the most common causes of numbness are spinal cord injuries, brain tumor, leprosy, lyme disease, syphilis, stroke, spinal tumor, or brain aneurysm.