ICD-10-CM · Chapter 18 · R00–R99
R22.43
Localized swelling, mass and lump, lower limb, bilateral
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
Quick facts
- Code
- R22.43
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 18 — Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- Category
- R22 — Localized swelling, mass and lump of skin and subcutaneous tissue
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM R22.43 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of localized swelling, mass and lump, lower limb, bilateral. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in R22
- R22Localized swelling, mass and lump of skin and subcutaneous tissue
- R22.0Localized swelling, mass and lump, head
- R22.1Localized swelling, mass and lump, neck
- R22.2Localized swelling, mass and lump, trunk
- R22.3Localized swelling, mass and lump, upper limb
- R22.30Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified upper limb
- R22.31Localized swelling, mass and lump, right upper limb
- R22.32Localized swelling, mass and lump, left upper limb
- R22.33Localized swelling, mass and lump, upper limb, bilateral
- R22.4Localized swelling, mass and lump, lower limb
- R22.40Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified lower limb
- R22.41Localized swelling, mass and lump, right lower limb
- R22.42Localized swelling, mass and lump, left lower limb
- R22.9Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified
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