2008 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Symptoms, Signs, And Ill-Defined Conditions 780-799 > Symptoms 780-789 >
 Symptoms involving skin and other integumentary tissue- 782 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis
Disturbance of skin sensation- Abnormal touch sensations, such as burning or prickling, that occur without an outside stimulus.
- Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
- Increased sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation due to a diminished threshold or an increased response to stimuli.
- Subjective cutaneous sensations (e.g., cold, warmth, tingling, pressure, etc.) that are experienced spontaneously in the absence of stimulation.
- 782.0 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 782.0 contains 62 index entries
Rash and other nonspecific skin eruption- Diseases in which skin eruptions or rashes are a prominent manifestation. Classically, six such diseases were described with similar rashes; they were numbered in the order in which they were reported. Only the fourth (Duke's disease), fifth (ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM), and sixth (EXANTHEMA SUBITUM) numeric designations survive as occasional synonyms in current terminology.
- 782.1 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 782.1 contains 8 index entries
Localized superficial swelling mass or lump- 782.2 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 782.2 contains 9 index entries
Edema- (eh-DEE-ma) Swelling caused by excess fluid in body tissues.
- Accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid in cells or intercellular tissues.
- Excessive amount of watery fluid accumulated in the intercellular spaces, most commonly present in subcutaneous tissue.
- Pathological transudate within one or more tissues.
- 782.3 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 782.3 contains 18 index entries
Jaundice unspecified not of newborn- (JAWN-dis) A condition in which the skin and the whites of the eyes become yellow, urine darkens, and the color of stool becomes lighter than normal. Jaundice occurs when the liver is not working properly or when a bile duct is blocked.
- A clinical manifestation of hyperbilirubinemia, consisting of deposition of bile pigments in the skin, resulting in a yellowish staining of the skin and mucous membranes.
- 782.4 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 782.4 contains 9 index entries
Cyanosis- 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.
- Blue-colored skin caused by too little oxygen in the blood.
- 782.5 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 782.5 contains 2 index entries
Pallor and flushing- 782.6 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis
Pallor- A clinical manifestation consisting of an unnatural paleness of the skin.
- 782.61 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 782.61 contains 8 index entries
Flushing- A sudden reddening of the face.
- A transient reddening of the face that may be due to fever, certain drugs, exertion, stress, or a disease process.
- 782.62 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 782.62 contains 3 index entries
Spontaneous ecchymoses- (peh-TEH-kee-a) Pinpoint, unraised, round red spots under the skin caused by bleeding.
- 782.7 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 782.7 contains 10 index entries
Changes in skin texture- 782.8 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 782.8 contains 8 index entries
Other symptoms involving skin and integumentary tissues- 782.9 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
- 782.9 contains 3 index entries
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